WHILE HOLDING FOR WX TO ABATE AT DEST ARPT; FLT CREW OF B767 ENCOUNTER WINDSHEAR CONDITIONS WHICH ACTIVATES STALL WARNING STICK SHAKER 3 TIMES DURING RECOVERY.

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APCHING SDF FROM THE W; WE WERE DSNDING FOR THE ARR WHILE DEVIATING 30 MI S OF A LINE OF WX THAT EXTENDED UP TO THE N OF THE FIELD. ABEAM CHERI; WE STARTED RECEIVING SDF WIND RPTS FROM APCH CTL WHICH CONSISTED OF 3 CONSECUTIVE WIND READINGS OVER ABOUT 5 MINS. THOSE READINGS WERE SOMETHING CLOSE TO 340 DEGS AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 50 KTS; 340 DEGS AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 54 KTS; AND 340 DEGS AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 38 KTS. THE FO AND I BEGAN DISCUSSING OUR OPTIONS; AND BASED ON THE RADAR RETURNS N OF THE FIELD; WE ENTERED THE HOLD AT AWLEE AT 5000 FT THIS WAS DONE TO BETTER ASSESS THE SIT AND TO POSSIBLY BIDE TIME FOR THE STORM TO MOVE TO THE SE. THE WIND DIRECTION ON THE EHSI INDICATED 11 KTS FROM THE WNW. WE HAD JUST COMPLETED ONE TURN IN HOLDING AND WERE IN THE TURN BACK TO THE S WHEN WE EXPERIENCED THE WINDSHEAR. THE FO WAS FLYING AND I CALLED FOR MAX THRUST AS HE WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING SAID THRUST. AIRSPD GAIN/LOSS WAS NEGLIGIBLE; PITCH WAS STEADY; WE HAD SOME QUICK ROLL OSCILLATIONS; AND WE SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED FROM 220 KTS TO 315 KTS OR SO. WHILE ACCELERATING; WE RECEIVED THE STICK SHAKER 3 TIMES AT SPDS OF APPROX 230 KTS; 250 KTS; AND 290 KTS. WE ENTERED SMOOTH AIR AT AROUND 315 KTS; REDUCED TO 290 KTS; CLBED TO 10000 FT; ADVISED ATC OF THE EVENT AND PROCEEDED TO OUR ALTERNATE OF BNA. IN RETROSPECT; I BELIEVE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A CLASSIC GUST FRONT SIT. THE CLUES SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS TO ME BASED ON THE ABOVE NOTED FIELD RPTS. I THINK OUR INTENTIONS WERE PRUDENT BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES; HOWEVER; I WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL ADVISED TO HOLD FURTHER TO THE S. I HAD ALLOWED MYSELF 20 MI FROM THE WX AND THERE WAS AN AIRBUS 5 MI N OF US ON THE APCH TO RWY 35R. THOSE 2 FACTORS CONSPIRED TO LEAD ME TO BELIEVE I HAD ADEQUATE SPACING FROM THE WX.