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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 97
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 97
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 95...WW 96...
   
   DISCUSSION...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL
   GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LEVELS DESTABILIZE
   INTO MIDDLE TN.  INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY STRONG...BUT
   VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED BOWS WITH DAMAGING
   WINDS...AND PERHAPS CIRCULATIONS IN THE LINE WITH A LOCALLY ENHANCED
   RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADO.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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