[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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Fri Mar 31 23:58:55 CDT 2023


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 101
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1200 AM CDT Sat Apr 1 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northern Alabama
  Northern Mississippi
  Middle Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday morning from Midnight until 700 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms, including a few supercells capable
of strong (EF2+) tornadoes, will persist in areas previously covered
by tornado watch 97 past its original expiration time.  The threat
also will extend farther east into more of Alabama and Tennessee
overnight.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
east and west of a line from 20 miles south southwest of Tupelo MS
to 50 miles northeast of Nashville TN. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU1).

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...This tornado watch replaces tornado
watch number 97. Watch number 97 will not be in effect after
midnight cdt. CONTINUE...WW 98...WW 99...WW 100...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 25040.

...Edwards
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