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WWUS20 KWNS 222041
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SPC WW 222041
TNZ000-230300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 289
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 345 PM
  until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A bowing complex of thunderstorms will move east across
the watch area the remainder of this afternoon and evening, posing a
risk for damaging wind gusts and large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles south southwest
of Nashville TN to 60 miles northeast of Nashville TN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 284...WW 285...WW
286...WW 287...WW 288...

AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector
26030.

...Hart