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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 66

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western North Carolina

  Eastern Tennessee



* Effective this Sunday morning from 305 AM until 900 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized band of storms will continue eastward

across eastern Tennessee into far western North Carolina through the

early morning. Isolated thunderstorm wind damage can be expected,

and a brief tornado risk cannot be entirely ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles southeast of

Knoxville TN to 40 miles northwest of Chattanooga TN. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 64...WW 65...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

26035.



...Guyer

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