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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 348

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER SW KY...AND SQUALL LINE OVER FAR

WESTERN KY...EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/MOVE GENERALLY E OR ESE INTO PARTS

OF TN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO

POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN MIDDLE TN. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO...THROUGH EARLY

TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 347...



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 28025.





...CORFIDI

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