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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 74

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

830 PM CST Thu Mar 9 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Middle Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 830 PM

  until 100 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A line of severe storms over western KY will track

eastward across the watch area late this evening and tonight.  These

storms will pose a risk of damaging winds and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of

Nashville TN to 35 miles east southeast of Nashville TN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 71...WW 72...WW 73...



AVIATION...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

28035.



...Hart

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