[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 200205
SEL6
SPC WW 200205
KYZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-200700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1005 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MIDDLE AND NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
       FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA
       SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM
UNTIL 300 AM EDT.

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 135
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF
JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 292. WATCH NUMBER 292 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 1005 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 294...WW 295...

DISCUSSION...LARGE LINEAR MCS/SQUALL LINE...WITH ISOLATED
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT...WILL PROGRESS SEWD INTO
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT.  PRESENCE OF MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL
FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  DAMAGING WIND THREAT SHOULD
INCREASE IF STORMS CAN MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZED BOW ECHO STRUCTURE
ACROSS ERN KY.

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 29035.


...EVANS

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