[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 52
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
       EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
       NORTHWEST GEORGIA
       EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
       CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES EAST OF ROME GEORGIA.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 51...

DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
SOUTHEAST AR...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MS...INTO NORTHWEST AL.  THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  MODERATE INSTABILITY...COOL
TEMPERATURES ALOFT...AND FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR
PROFILES WILL PROMOTE ROTATING CELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT AS WELL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27040.


...HART


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