[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 211441
SEL4
SPC WW 211441
ALZ000-GAZ000-TNZ000-212000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 24...RESENT
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
940 AM EST MON FEB 21 2005

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHWEST GEORGIA
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 940 AM UNTIL 300
PM EST.

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 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 50 MILES EAST OF CROSSVILLE
TENNESSEE.  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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 22...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 23. WATCH NUMBER 22 23 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 940 AM
EST.

DISCUSSION...ORGANIZED BOW CONTINUES RAPIDLY EWD MID TN. APPROACH OF
80KT MID LEVEL WIND MAX AND DESTABILIZING AIR MASS...THREAT FOR WIND
DAMAGE AND SEVERE HAIL WILL CONTINUE SEVERAL MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL
LINE SEGMENTS/SMALL BOWS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NRN AL WHERE AIR MASS
MORE UNSTABLE.

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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26045.


...HALES

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