[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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Sat Jan 1 18:52:38 CST 2022


WWUS20 KWNS 020051
SEL7
SPC WW 020051
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 7
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
750 PM EST Sat Jan 1 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northern Alabama
  Northern Georgia
  Western North Carolina
  Eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 750 PM
  until 300 AM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Clusters of severe storms including some
embedded/semi-discrete supercells will continue to quickly spread
east-northeastward across the region through the late evening and
early overnight hours. A seasonably moist and modestly unstable
environment will support a damaging wind/tornado risk in the
presence of strengthening low/mid-level winds, which will support
rotating storms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Huntsville
AL to 35 miles east of Knoxville TN. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4...WW 5...WW 6...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 25045.

...Guyer
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