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Tornado Watch 40
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   720 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 35...WW 36...WW 37...WW
   38...WW 39...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS OVER WESTERN TN AND
   NORTHEAST MS WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS
   EVENING.  VERY STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND SUFFICIENT
   INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN A RISK OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING
   WINDS...AND HAIL THROUGH FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS.  FARTHER
   WEST...SQUALL LINE OVER AR WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT REGION AFTER
   MIDNIGHT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HART
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