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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 728

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHEASTERN OHIO

       EASTERN TENNESSEE

       EXTREME WESTERN TIP OF VIRGINIA

       FAR SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 220 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



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

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS OHIO.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 725...WW 726...WW 727...



DISCUSSION...EXTREME SHEAR AND UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST LOW LEVEL

AIR MASS WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLE

TORNADOES AS BROKEN LINE OF STORMS SPREADS EWD OVERNIGHT.



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

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

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...EVANS

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