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Tornado Watch 847
Initial RADAR image for Watch 847
List of Counties in Watch 847 (WOU)
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Note:  The parallelogram is only an approximation to the watch, the actual watch is defined by the outlines of the counties contained in it.
   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 847
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   455 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO
          PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EST.
   
   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 65 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO TO 20
   MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
   OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU7).
   
   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 843...WW 845...WW 846...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE MOVING ENE AT 40-45 KTS.  VERY STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL
   SHEAR SHOULD PERSIST OVER WW AREA THROUGH AT LEAST MID
   MORNING...FOSTERING CONTINUED SUSTAINED STORM DEVELOPMENT...AND AN
   ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR HIGH WIND/ISOLATED TORNADOES/MARGINALLY SEVERE
   HAIL.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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