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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 94

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1115 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Alabama

  Northern Georgia

  Western North Carolina

  East Tennessee

  Southwest Virginia



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1115

  PM until 600 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms over middle Tennessee and

Kentucky will track southeastward across the watch area overnight.

The strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging winds gusts and

hail.  An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles west northwest

of Bristol TN to 35 miles west of Rome GA. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU4).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 90...WW 91...WW 92...WW

93...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Hart

