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WWUS20 KWNS 101552

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SPC WW 101552

ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-102300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 273

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1055 AM UNTIL

  600 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...AN EXTENSIVE N-S-ORIENTED SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO

INTENSIFY WHILE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...THOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO

OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24030.





...MEAD

