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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING

GREEN KENTUCKY TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 14...WW 15...



DISCUSSION...FAST MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED

BOWS/SUPERCELLS WILL TRACK RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL KY AND MIDDLE TN.  DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN

THREAT...HOWEVER ISOLATED QLCS TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN

MOST INTENSE CIRCULATIONS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...HART

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