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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 110

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

  EASTERN TENNESSEE

  FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL

TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 108...WW 109...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EWD

ACROSS ERN TN/SE KY THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM

MORNING CONVECTION AND IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK MCV.  VERTICAL SHEAR AND

INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME RISK OF SUPERCELLS...WITH AN

ATTENDANT RISK FOR A COUPLE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING

GUSTS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...THOMPSON

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