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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 292...WW 293...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING IN NRN MIDDLE TN...ALONG LOW-LVL WIND

SHIFT ATTENDANT TO LWR OH/TN VLY UPR TROUGH...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN

WITH CONTINUED SFC HEATING. DEEP WIND PROFILES AND THERMODYNAMIC

ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE

HAIL AND DMGG WIND. SIZABLE LOW-LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND EXPECTED

DISCRETE STORM MODE ALSO SUGGEST A RISK FOR LOW-LVL MESOS/TORNADOES

WITH ANY STRONGER/MORE SUSTAINED STORMS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 32025.





...CORFIDI

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