MD 0068 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 3… FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
Mesoscale Discussion 0068
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0712 AM CST Thu Feb 06 2025
Areas affected...southern and eastern Kentucky
Concerning...Tornado Watch 3...
Valid 061312Z - 061445Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 3 continues.
SUMMARY...A threat for a few supercells capable of all severe
weather hazards continues.
DISCUSSION...The line of storms earlier this morning across central
Kentucky has become less defined through time with a few more
dominant supercells in a now broken line from east-central Kentucky
to south-central Kentucky. The strongest of these supercells is
moving through Jackson County as of 13Z with a somewhat tight 40
knot vRot sampled by the KJKL WSR-88D. Instability has already
started to wane across the region which should eventually weaken
these storms. However, in the meantime, a tornado threat may persist
given the presence of a mature, long-lived, rotating updraft amid
strong low-level shear (200 to 250 m2/s2 0-1km SRH). Per
collaboration with WFO JKL, tornado watch 3 has been expanded across
all of eastern Kentucky to cover the threat from these ongoing
storms.
..Bentley/Mosier.. 02/06/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...RLX...MRX...JKL...LMK...OHX...
LAT...LON 36948629 37648429 37978332 37968285 37858267 37598263
37308292 36828361 36618395 36598420 36598554 36948629
