[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 135
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010

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

       EASTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
       EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

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 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LONDON KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 133...WW 134...

DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BOWING CONVECTIVE STRUCTURES OVER TN/KY WILL
TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO WV AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.  VERY STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE COUPLED WITH
RATHER STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL
PROMOTE THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE 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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HART


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