[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 310350
SEL1
SPC WW 310350
ALZ000-TNZ000-311000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF MUSCLE SHOALS
ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 107...WW 108...WW 109...WW
110...

DISCUSSION...AREA OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NEWD FROM AL INTO TN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND
VERTICAL SHEAR THROUGH THE CLOUD LAYER COULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR
ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WITHIN THE LARGER THUNDERSTORM AREA...WHICH WILL
TEND TO ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...THOMPSON

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