[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 159
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM CDT Sun May 3 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern Alabama
  Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A long-lived and fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms
over western Tennessee will track eastward across the watch area
this afternoon and early evening.  Damaging winds along the leading
edge of the storms is the primary threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west southwest
of Nashville TN to 30 miles south southeast of Crossville TN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 158...

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
28040.

...Hart
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