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SEL0 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 130 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 135 AM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Far Western North Carolina Southeastern Tennessee * Effective this Sunday morning from 135 AM until 700 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Convective line currently moving through middle TN is expected to continue eastward into southeastern TN and eventually far western NC over the next several hours. Low-level shear across the region is expected to remain strong enough to support occasional bowing within this line, with an attendant threat for damaging gusts and a few tornadoes. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 25 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Chattanooga TN to 30 miles southeast of Knoxville TN. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 128...WW 129... AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Mosier