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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 80

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

605 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Tennessee

  Far Western Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 605 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Initially, a supercell near the Tennessee/Kentucky border

vicinity will pose a tornado risk, while additional storms are

expected to develop and intensify this evening as low-level winds

strengthen.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles north northeast of Hot

Springs NC to 35 miles northwest of Chattanooga TN. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 76...WW 77...WW 78...WW

79...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Guyer