[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 36
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
500 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

       SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 500 AM UNTIL 900 AM EST.

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 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
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.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF KY/TN.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND
GUSTS NEAR SEVERE LIMITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK.  WEAKENING
INSTABILITY WITH EASTWARD EXTENT SHOULD HELP THE LINE WEAKEN LATER
THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN TN.

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 28040.


...HART


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