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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 135
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 135
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   220 PM CDT Thu Apr 10 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Far Northeast Arkansas
     Far Southern Illinois
     Western and South-Central Kentucky
     Far Southeast Missouri
     Western and Middle Tennessee

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
     900 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should gradually evolve east-southeastward
   this afternoon and evening while posing a threat for mainly
   scattered damaging winds. Peak gusts could reach up to 60-70 mph.
   Occasional severe hail generally ranging from 1-1.75 inches in
   diameter may also occur with any sustained supercell.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west northwest
   of Dyersburg TN to 70 miles east of Nashville TN. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   31035.

   ...Gleason
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