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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 902
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1130 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          WESTERN KENTUCKY
          WESTERN/MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1130 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO
   45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.
   
   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 899...WW 900...WW 901...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE/DEEPENING SYSTEM MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD INTO OH/TN
   VALLEY. VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR COUPLED WITH MODEST BUT
   ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS ALONG/AHEAD
   OF COLD FRONT MOVING EWD INTO WRN KY/TN.  TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL BE
   ENHANCED IN CONVERGENCE VICINITY WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ENEWD FROM
   SURFACE LOW NOW SERN IL INTO SRN IND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES