[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 252300
SEL1
SPC WW 252300
NCZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-260600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 251...RESENT
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
705 PM EDT TUE APR 25 2006

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

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       SOUTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA
       SMALL PART OF EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM
UNTIL 200 AM 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 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROANOKE
RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 249...WW 250...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AS THEY CROSS SRN
APPALACHIANS.  WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MLCAPES TO 1000
J/KG THE MDT DEEP LAYER SHEAR WITH APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
SUPPORT STORMS EVOLVING INTO LINE SEGMENTS WITH ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE
AND HAIL THREAT THIS EVENING.

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 25035.


...HALES

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