[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

[Nashville EMWIN]

WWUS20 KWNS 201838
SEL7
SPC WW 201835
ALZ000-TNZ000-210000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 767
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       SOUTHCENTRAL TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.

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 765...WW 766...

DISCUSSION...WIND PROFILES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS WW AREA THIS AM
AHEAD OF S/WV TROUGH. WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE
THUNDERSTORMS NOW DEVELOPING NERN MS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY
MOVE E/NEWD WITH INCREASING THREAT OF PRIMARILY WIND DAMAGE.

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 26030.


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