[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

[Nashville EMWIN]

WWUS20 KWNS 041632
SEL8
SPC WW 041635
ALZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-042100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 548
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

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

       NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1135 AM UNTIL 400
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.

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 547...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS MOVING RAPIDLY EWD TO CROSS MS RIVER INTO
WRN KY/TN/NRN MS.  AIR MASS EWD IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH STRONG
HEATING.  DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS LEADING
EDGE OF MCS ENCOUNTERS THIS AIR MASS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28040.


...HALES

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