[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
920 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012

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

       NORTHEAST GEORGIA
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
       FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE
       SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
       FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 920 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG
VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 35...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING AHEAD ON ACCELERATING COLD FRONT
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH DAYTIME HEATING.  COUPLED WITH CONTINUED
INFLOW OF LOW LVL MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY IN WRN NC AND S CNTRL
VA...AND INTENSIFYING LOW TO MID LVL WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
AMPLIFYING IL UPR TROUGH...SETUP COULD SUPPORT BANDS/SHORT LINES OF
SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR NARROW SWATHS
OF DMGG WIND AND ISOLD TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26055.


...CORFIDI

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