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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 500 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 37...WW 39...WW 40...WW

41...WW 42...



DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT

WESTERN AND MIDDLE TN...AND WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA

OVERNIGHT.  SQUALL LINE WILL POSE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS...WHILE

ISOLATED CELLS AHEAD OF LINE MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND TORNADOES.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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