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[STORMREPORTS] Large Hail, Tornadoes Strike Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky/Tennessee

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 17:06:50 EST

11 Tornado Warnings and 25 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are currently in
effect under 3 Tornado Watches.

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/textversion/nationalwarnings.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/wwa.gif

Hail over 4" in diameter and 11 Mesocyclones have been detected by NEXRAD
radar on the WeatherMatrix StormMatrix

http://www.weathermatrix.net/stormmatrix/

The storm in central TN had 75 VIL earlier.

One tornado was confirmed by a spotter in Ohio about 20 minutes ago.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 438 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002
AT 438 PM EST A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
WESTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NAPOLEON. RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC
STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

10 minutes before that a funnel cloud was spotted in KY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 356 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002
0332 PM OWENSBORO KY FUNNEL CLOUD 11/10/02 DAVIESS FUNNEL CLOUDS WEREW
REPORTED BY DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE
OF OWENSBORO AND ALSO NEAR ST. JOSEPH

30-60 minutes earlier, multiple tornadoes reported in Indiana...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 410 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002
0230 PM HARTFORD CITY IN TORNADO 11/10/02 BLACKFORD DAMAGE TO MARSHS
GROCERY STORE. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0305 PM 2 NE BERNE IN TORNADO 11/10/02 ADAMS HOUSE DAMAGED. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0330 PM VAN WERT OH TORNADO 11/10/02 VAN WERT NUMEROUS STRUCTURES
DOWN.REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0353 PM GROVER HILL OH TORNADO 11/10/02 PAULDING NUMEROUS STRUCTURES DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

At 02:27 PM 11/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>The Storm Predication Center has issued a HIGH RISK of Severe Thunderstorms
>Today... for those of you who don't know, the HIGH RISK is only issued a
>few times per year.
>
>"THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR MUCH OF KY...TN...NW AL...AND
>NRN/WRN MS..."
>
>This includes the following probabilities within 25 miles of a point (over
>a pretty wide area too):
>
>HIGH WINDS: 45% (65 KNOTS+ 10%)
>LARGE HAIL: 35%
>TORNADO: 25% (MAJOR (F2-F5) TORNADO: 10%)
>
>http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html 

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