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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 295

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

800 PM EDT Fri Jul 20 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  northwest Georgia

  eastern Tennessee

  far southwestern Virginia



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 800 PM

  until 400 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms moving southeast across eastern Kentucky and

northern middle Tennessee will continue to spread southeast across

the eastern Tennessee area and vicinity over the next several hours.

 The storms will be accompanied by the risk for large hail and

damaging winds, and possibly a tornado or two.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest of Bristol TN

to 5 miles southeast of Chattanooga TN. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 289...WW 292...WW

293...WW 294...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean

storm motion vector 29035.



...Goss

