[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 010706
SEL0
SPC WW 010706
ALZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-011400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 40
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
110 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

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

       EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 110 AM UNTIL 800 AM CST.

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 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 36...WW 37...WW 38...WW
39...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN AREAL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IN A ZONE FROM NORTHERN MS INTO WESTERN KY.
DESPITE DRY/STABLE SURFACE CONDITIONS...SUFFICIENT CAPE/SHEAR ALOFT
WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN STRONGER
STORMS.

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 23035.


...HART


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