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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 204
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 204
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1110 AM CDT Sat Jun 23 2018

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Alabama
     Northwest Georgia
     Southern middle and southeast Tennessee

   * Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 1110 AM
     until 300 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...An organized storm cluster has been persistent this
   morning moving along the Alabama-Tennessee border, and may persist
   into the afternoon.  A few damaging outflow gusts will be the main
   threat for the next few hours.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of
   Huntsville AL to 20 miles east northeast of Chattanooga TN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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.

   &&

   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
   26045.

   ...Thompson
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