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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 92

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

600 PM EDT Mon Mar 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwestern Georgia

  Eastern Kentucky

  Eastern Tennessee

  Extreme western Virginia



* Effective this Monday evening from 600 PM until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe thunderstorms will spread

eastward from northern Alabama, middle Tennessee and central

Kentucky, and new storms will form over the next few hours across

eastern Tennessee/Kentucky.  The strongest storms will be capable of

producing damaging winds and isolated large hail before convection

begins to weaken after sunset.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north of Jackson

KY to 45 miles south of Chattanooga TN. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



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...CONTINUE...WW 89...WW 90...WW 91...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Thompson

