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WWUS20 KWNS 182344
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SPC WW 182344
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 439
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A BAND OF INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE WATCH THROUGH THE EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SEVERE, DAMAGING GUSTS (55-65 MPH)
AND PERHAPS A LOCALIZED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL. A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE
MAINLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY WHERE
STRONGER LOW-LEVEL WINDS ARE LOCATED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF LEXINGTON KY TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 434...WW 435...WW
436...WW 437...WW 438...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25025.
...SMITH
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