[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 191752
SEL9
SPC WW 191752
INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-200200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 289
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1250 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

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

       SOUTHERN INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
900 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 288...

DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITHIN VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INITIALLY BE POORLY
ORGANIZED AND POSE PRIMARILY A HAIL THREAT. STORM MAY BECOME
INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS DEEP SHEAR
STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...STORM ACTIVITY
INCREASING TO THE WEST OF THE MS/OH RIVERS SHOULD SPREAD EAST INTO
THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH WIND AND HAIL POTENTIAL INCREASING.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27020.


...CARBIN/HART

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