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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 872
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KENTUCKY
          EASTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF JACKSON
   KENTUCKY TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 868. WATCH NUMBER 868 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 955
   PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 869...WW 870...WW 871...
   
   DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG SHEAR COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND MARGINALLY
   UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT CONTINUATION OF WIND DAMAGE AND
   ISOLATED TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH BOWS AND LINE SEGMENTS. STORMS
   WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS WATCH.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
   
   ...HALES