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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 165

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1040 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1040 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED SUPERCELLS AND OTHER SUSTAINED STORMS

EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF MIDDLE AND EAST TN THROUGH EARLY

WEDNESDAY...POSING A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND...AND PERHAPS A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 162. WATCH NUMBER 162 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 1040 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 163...WW 164...



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28025.





...CORFIDI

