NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK / Repost
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258
Mon May 5 19:46:12 2003
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 258
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

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 ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZANESVILLE OHIO TO 60 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

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 253...WW 255...WW 256...WW
257...
 

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DISCUSSION...RAPID DESTABILIZATION IS SPREADING NEWD ACROSS THE OH
RIVER INTO S CENTRAL OH. VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS...WHILE THE INCREASING MOISTURE/INSTABILITY MAY SUPPORT A
FEW TORNADOES WITH STORMS ACROSS SRN OH THIS EVENING.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...THOMPSON








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