[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 721
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
       FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL
500 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 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BRISTOL TENNESSEE.  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.

DISCUSSION...BOWING MCS HAS RECENTLY INTENSIFIED WITH WIND DAMAGE
REPORTED IN LEX.  THE COMBINATION OF ENHANCED INFLOW ON WRN FLANK OF
SYSTEM BY A 40 KT LLJ AND A 40-50 KT REAR-INFLOW JET /PER ILN VAD
OBSERVATIONS/ SHOULD MAINTAIN THE SWD PROPAGATION OF MCS TODAY WITH
A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS.

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 35030.


...MEAD


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