[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 200147
SEL5
SPC WW 200147
INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-200700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 295
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
850 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
       CENTRAL AND PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 289...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 291.
WATCH NUMBER 289 291 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 850 PM CDT.
CONTINUE...WW 290...WW 292...WW 293...WW 294...

DISCUSSION...LARGE MCS WILL PERSIST ACROSS KY AND LIKELY DEVELOP
ESEWD INTO NRN/ERN TN AHEAD OF POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGGING SEWD
ACROSS IL.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND 30-40 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  ACTIVITY MAY CONSOLIDATE
INTO A LARGE SQUALL LINE/LINEAR MCS AS IT TRACKS ESEWD OVERNIGHT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29030.


...EVANS

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