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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 58

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

410 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 410 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



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 135 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 55...WW 56...WW 57...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND POTENTIALLY

POSE A SEVERE THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS

OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TN. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

CONCERN...BUT SOME SEVERE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO RISK WILL

EXIST AS WELL.



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 27040.





...GUYER

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