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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 282

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

655 PM EDT Sat May 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western North Carolina

  Eastern Tennessee

  Western Virginia



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 655 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will continue to develop

and generally move east/southeastward across the region through the

evening. Locally damaging winds and bouts of severe hail will be

possible. A more extensive squall line may move into parts of the

region including eastern Tennessee late this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles south

southwest of Crossville TN to 55 miles south southeast of Dublin VA.

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 275...WW 276...WW

277...WW 278...WW 279...WW 280...WW 281...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Guyer

