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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1050 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH GEORGIA

  EASTERN KENTUCKY

  FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN TENNESSEE

  FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 14...WW 15...WW 16...WW

17...WW 18...



DISCUSSION...SFC AND VWP DATA SUGGEST THAT COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED

WITH DEEPENING MID-MS VLY SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE STEADILY ESE ACROSS

THE TN VLY OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO KEEP EXISTING PRE-FRONTAL

SQLN ACTIVE AS ASSOCIATED LOW-LVL CONVERGENCE FORCES PARCELS THROUGH

ELEVATED CAP AND NOCTURNAL CIN LAYER. GIVEN STRENGTH OF WIND

FIELD...AND SOME INCREASE IN WINDS EXPECTED WITH THE APPROACH OF

SECONDARY UPR IMPULSE NOW OVER THE WRN OZARKS...SETUP MAY SUPPORT

CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF EMBEDDED LEWPS/BOWS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK

FOR DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY SHORT-LIVED BUT FAST-MOVING TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.





...CORFIDI

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