[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 301755
SEL1
SPC WW 301755
KYZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-310100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 761
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

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

       EASTERN KENTUCKY
       EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
       EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA
       SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE TO
40 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 760...

DISCUSSION...THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA ARE MOVING NEWD ACROSS
KY...WITH A NARROW DRY SLOT EXTENDING NEWD FROM ERN TN TO SWRN WV.
CLOUD BREAKS ARE ALLOWING SURFACE HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WITHIN THE
DRY SLOT...AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THIS SAME
CORRIDOR IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE LOW AND ALONG A NE-SW INVERTED
TROUGH TROUGH. IT APPEARS THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL
BE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.


...THOMPSON

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