SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 135

WW 135 SEVERE TSTM AR IL KY MO TN 101920Z – 110200Z

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.

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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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