[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 200635
SEL9
SPC WW 200635
ALZ000-GAZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-201400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 299
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005

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

       EXTREME NORTHEAST ALABAMA
       NORTH GEORGIA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 230 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 295...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 296. WATCH NUMBER 295 296 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 230
AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ON NEARLY
STATIONARY PART OF OUTFLOW BNDRY LEFT FROM SQUALL LINE NOW CROSSING
THE SRN APPALACHIANS.  THE BNDRY EXTENDS FROM ERN TN NWWD INTO WRN
KY AND SHOULD SERVE TO FOCUS ADDITIONAL STORM FORMATION AS UPPER
TROUGH NOW OVER THE LWR OH VLY CONTINUES SEWD.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30030.


...CORFIDI

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