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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 388

WW 388 SEVERE TSTM KY TN VA 260220Z – 260800Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 388
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1020 PM EDT Sun Jun 25 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and Eastern Kentucky
  Northern and Eastern Tennessee
  Far Western Virginia

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1020 PM
  until 400 AM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms including some supercells will continue
east-southeastward this evening into the overnight, with damaging
winds and isolated large hail as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Fort Campbell KY to 45 miles east southeast of Jackson KY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 378...WW 379...WW
383...WW 385...WW 386...WW 387...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
29030.

...Guyer

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