Tonights Storms

I've talked to folks in Memphis - I lived there for 11 years - and there is a lot of damage there. Hickory Hill Mall, the fire station at the airport, homes off hwy 385, and all around the Southhaven MS area. 4 unconfirmed fatalities. Widespread power outages. It's rough over there. There is also problems around Oxford MS, but I don't have details yet. Union University - Jackson TN has been hit - reports of people trapped.



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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WOUS64 KWNS 060116
WOU0

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 40
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

TORNADO WATCH 40 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TNC005-021-037-043-055-081-083-085-099-101-111-117-119-125-135-
147-149-161-165-169-181-187-189-060700-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0040.080206T0120Z-080206T0700Z/

TN
. TENNESSEE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENTON CHEATHAM DAVIDSON
DICKSON GILES HICKMAN
HOUSTON HUMPHREYS LAWRENCE
LEWIS MACON MARSHALL
MAURY MONTGOMERY PERRY
ROBERTSON RUTHERFORD STEWART
SUMNER TROUSDALE WAYNE
WILLIAMSON WILSON