[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 060054
SEL0
SPC WW 060054
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 120
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
850 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009

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

       EASTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST OHIO
       EAST TENNESSEE
       SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
200 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE
TENNESSEE.  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 118...WW 119...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN BANDS OF TSTMS FROM CNTRL KY SSW INTO MIDDLE
TN...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY ENE TO THE WRN FOOTHILLS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN APPALCHAINAS LATER THIS EVE AS EWD ACCELERATION OF OH/TN
VLY COLD FRONT ENHANCES LOW LVL UPLIFT.  STORMS WILL ENCOUNTER
REGION LEFT WARM BUT RELATIVELY DRY FROM DOWNSLOPE FLOW EARLIER IN
THE DAY.  COUPLED WITH STRONG HEIGHT FALLS/STRONG WIND FIELD
DOWNSTREAM FROM IL UPR VORT...SETUP COULD CONTINUE TO YIELD
STRUCTURES WITH SVR WINDS...MARGINALLY SVR HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A
BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 22050.


...CORFIDI


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