[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 260443
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SPC WW 260443
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 211
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

       SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
       PARTS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       PARTS OF MIDDLE AND WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

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 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 206. WATCH NUMBER 206 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 1145 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 207...WW 210...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH ASSOCIATED DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  WITH 60 KT LOW LEVEL JET AND
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF ROTATING LINE SEGMENTS
ENHANCING BOTH THE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO
THREAT.

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 24040.


...HALES


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