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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 357

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

  WESTERN VIRGINIA

  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND GROW

UPSCALE INTO A LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS EASTERN KY AND TN.

THIS ACTIVITY WILL SURGE TOWARD THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WRN VA BY LATE

AFTERNOON.  DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE GREATEST SEVERE RISK.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST

OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 354...WW 355...WW 356...



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 27035.





...DARROW

