URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY
FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO
EASTERN TENNESSEE
FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL
1100 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
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.
Also...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
105 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006
...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING IS ON TRACK FOR THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT...
A HIGH RISK AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD THROUGH MIDDLE
TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SUPERCELL STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND SOME
TORNADOES...WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE
SUPERCELLS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL PROPAGATE TO THE EAST INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL GRADUALLY EVOLVE FROM A TORNADO AND
LARGE HAIL THREAT INTO A POTENTIAL FLOODING EVENT TONIGHT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO CONCENTRATE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. YOUR AREA COULD BE AFFECTED BY MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF
STORMS...LEADING TO THIS POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS OF EAST
TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY.
...AND PLAN NOW FOR WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IF SEVERE WEATHER
THREATENS YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY
LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS
FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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