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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 10
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WW0010 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
          FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 150 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH OF
   KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO 10 MILES WEST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 7...WW 8...WW 9...
   
   DISCUSSION...PREFRONTAL NE-SW SQLN NOW NEAR BNA...AND COMPLEX AREA
   OF SUPERCELLS STORMS FARTHER E/SE...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY
   ENEWD INTO E TN LATER THIS MORNING AS REGION IS GLANCED BY STRONG
   UPR TROUGH NOW ASSUMING AN INCREASINGLY NEGATIVE TILT OVER W TN/SE
   MO.  INTENSE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE VORT SUGGESTS THAT
   STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK OF DMGG SFC WINDS AND POSSIBLY
   AN ISOLD TORNADO...DESPITE RESIDUAL LAYER OF STABLE WEDGE-TYPE AIR
   THAT SHOULD REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE WW REGION AT THE SFC.
   NOTE: EXISTING TORNADO WW 7 WILL BE AREALLY EXTENDED SLIGHTLY EWD TO
   INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TN NOT CURRENTLY UNDER WW 7 AND NOT
   INCLUDED IN THIS SVR TSTM WW.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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