[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006

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

       EASTERN ALABAMA
       NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA
       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL
400 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2.5 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 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 30 MILES EAST OF LA GRANGE
GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 206...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
MOVING SWD ACROSS WW THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY
CONTINUING THE BUILD ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE WW.
LAPSE RATES REMAIN QUITE STEEP AND WILL SUPPORT A VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS AL AND INTO GA AS LOW CLOUDS ERODE.
LARGE HAIL...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME QUITE LARGE...WILL ACCOMPANY
STRONGER CORES WITHIN THIS LINE.  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WIND DAMAGE
THREAT WILL LIKELY INCREASE AS HEATING PRODUCES STEEP LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES.

AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 19035.


...EVANS

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