TORNADO and FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS for Tennessee

INDIANA (Hollywood Backstage) -

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MEMPHIS TN 217 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

217 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PRENTISS...WEST CENTRAL TISHOMINGO AND SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTIES... AT 215 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF BIGGERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...AS THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OR PRODUCING DAMAGE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOONEVILLE...

BURNSVILLE...HINKLE...JUMPERTOWN...LEEDY...MIDWAY...RIENZI... THRASHERS...HOLTS SPUR...WALKER SIDING...HOLCUT AND GASTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO.

DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO.

TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3491 8831 3473 8819 3463 8866 3474 8867 TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 252DEG 37KT 3474 8853 $$

TORNADO WARNING TNC149-187-011945- /O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0021.100501T1913Z-100501T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 213 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF MURFREESBORO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MURFREESBORO BY 245 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.

IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3572 8669 3571 8673 3572 8674 3570 8675 3576 8689 3585 8691 3593 8637 3571 8634 3570 8653 3571 8654 3571 8663 3570 8665 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 263DEG 29KT 3578 8677 $$ 04 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 208 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 MSC003-117-139-011930- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-100501T1930Z/ ALCORN MS-TIPPAH MS-PRENTISS MS- 208 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS...EAST CENTRAL TIPPAH AND ALCORN COUNTIES... AT 208 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION.

THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLLINSTOWN TO JUMPERTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOONEVILLE TO BOONEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH...

GLEN...HINKLE...JUMPERTOWN...KOSSUTH...RIENZI...WENASOGA...GIFT... FARMINGTON...STRICKLAND...JOBES...ALLENTOWN...BIGGERSVILLE AND HIGHTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO.

TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3487 8836 3465 8868 3478 8879 3500 8865 3500 8857 3489 8835 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 241DEG 33KT 3480 8868 3472 8862 $$

An URGENT Tornado Warning has been issued for portions of Central Indiana, Southern Indiana and West Central Kentucky.

Hail is predicted to fall as large as one inch in diameter.

Tornados have already whipped through Arkansas in Van Buren County -- about 75 miles north of Little Rock. One person has been reported killed and dozens injured. Three mobile homes were destroyed.

Damage to structures is predicted due to extreme high winds and extreme weather conditions. An Aviation Warning has been issued for extreme turbulence in the area.

Heavy Rain, Hail and Thundershowers will continue.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 121

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS 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.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SVR TSTMS FCST TO CONTINUE MOVING EWD TO NEWD ACROSS WW AREA...WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING DAMAGING GUSTS.

NARROW CORRIDOR OF NEARLY SFC-BASED BUOYANCY...
STG LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...
AND POTENTIAL FOR STG ASCENT ALONG LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY ALSO PORTENDS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SHORT-LIVED/QLCS TORNADOES...

FOR ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS.

OVERALL SVR THREAT FCST TO DIMINISH AS ACTIVITY MOVES INTO ERN PORTIONS WW WHERE IT WILL MOVE OVER PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER MLCINH.

AVIATION

TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.