[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 111734
SEL7
SPC WW 111734
TNZ000-120000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 97
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013

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

       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

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 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 95...WW 96...

DISCUSSION...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW LEVELS DESTABILIZE
INTO MIDDLE TN.  INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY STRONG...BUT
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED BOWS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...AND PERHAPS CIRCULATIONS IN THE LINE WITH A LOCALLY ENHANCED
RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADO.

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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 23040.


...THOMPSON


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