[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

[Nashville EMWIN]

WWUS20 KWNS 052220
SEL8
SPC WW 052220
KYZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-060300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 568
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
620 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004

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

       SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
       SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF HOT SPRINGS NORTH
CAROLINA TO 25 MILES EAST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.

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 563...WW 564...WW 565...WW
566...WW 567...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS NOW OVER PORTIONS ERN KY/NERN TN SHOULD MOVE
SEWD ACROSS SRN APPALACHIANS...INTO FAVORABLY MOIST/UNSTABLE
PRE-STORM BOUNDARY LAYER.  POTENTIAL FOR COLD POOL GENERATION AND
RESULTANT FORWARD PROPAGATION INTO THIS UNSTABLE AIR MASS SUGGESTS
DAMAGING GUST POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 31030.


...EDWARDS/evans

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