[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 222237
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SPC WW 222237
GAZ000-TNZ000-230400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 194
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

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

       NORTHWEST GEORGIA
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 640 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
ANNISTON ALABAMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 186...WW 187...WW 188...WW
189...WW 190...WW 191...WW 192...WW 193...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS MIDDLE TN
AND NORTHEAST AL.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING
INTO AREAS THAT HAVE DESTABILIZED AFTER EARLIER CONVECTION.
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SHEAR ARE PRESENT FOR A RISK OF
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER CELLS.

AVIATION...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 26035.


...HART

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