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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 48

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

505 PM CDT Thu Mar 12 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Kentucky

  Northern Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 505 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Severe storms including several supercells will continue

to move east-southeastward this evening, particularly in vicinity of

a warm front. This includes the potential for a couple of tornadoes

aside from large hail and damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Bowling

Green KY to 115 miles east of Bowling Green KY. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 46...WW 47...



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

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 28040.



...Guyer

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