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Tornado Watch 131
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   855 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN KENTUCKY
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 855 AM UNTIL 400
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING
   GREEN KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST TO THE LWR OH VLY
   THROUGH THE DAY WITH COLD FRONT SWEEPING EWD ACROSS WRN/MIDDLE TN
   AND WRN KY. STORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING AND INCREASING ALONG THE
   ADVANCING COLD FRONT AND WILL MOVE INTO INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE
   AIRMASS. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA OF THE
   WATCH WITH MEMPHIS VWP INDICATING 70-75KT OF FLOW AT 2KM AGL.
   THUS...EXPECT STORMS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED WITH LINE
   SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS MOVING AT OVER 40KT. TORNADO THREAT WILL
   EXIST NEAR BREAKS IN THE LINE AND ALONG/NEAR RESIDUAL BOUNDARY/WARM
   FRONT ACROSS SECTIONS OF WRN/MIDDLE TN NEXT FEW HOURS. VERY LARGE
   HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ALSO LIKELY AS CONVECTION MATURES AND TAPS
   GREATER INSTABILITY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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