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WWUS20 KWNS 160438
SEL2
SPC WW 160438
KYZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-161100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY
EASTERN TENNESSEE
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1240 AM UNTIL 700 AM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED DAMAGING GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORE
INTENSE PORTIONS OF BOWING SEGMENTS AND INFLECTIONS WITHIN THE
SQUALL LINE WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. A BRIEF TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON
KY TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE TN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).
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 56...WW 57...WW 58...WW
59...WW 60...WW 61...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
0 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
24045.
...SMITH
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