[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 182026
SEL7
SPC WW 182020
ALZ000-TNZ000-190100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 857
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 30 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 55
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.

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 856...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SUPERCELL NERN MS WILL MOVE EWD ALONG/TN/AL
BORDER WHERE SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY SUPPORTIVE FOR ROTATION. AIR
MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE EWD INTO NRN AL THUS SUPERCELL
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES THRU
REMAINDER OF AFTN.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...HALES

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