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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 6

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

825 PM CST Sat Feb 24 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Kentucky

  Middle Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 825 PM

  until 200 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Squall line across western portions of Kentucky and

Tennessee will move quickly east late this evening into the

overnight with a risk for damaging winds and a couple tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 75 miles northeast of Bowling Green KY

to 45 miles south southwest of Nashville TN. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 5...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 25050.



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