[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 132302
SEL4
SPC WW 132302
ALZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-140500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 344
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
       NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 600 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 35 MILES EAST OF
CENTREVILLE 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.

DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING IN NE MS/S CNTRL TN...IN EXIT REGION
OF 80 KT NWLY MID LEVEL JET STREAK NOW OVER SRN MO...EXPECTED TO
MOVE/DEVELOP ESE ACROSS PARTS OF THE TN VLY LTR THIS EVENING.
THERMODYNAMIC SETUP SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND AS COLD POOLS ORGANIZE AND MOVE/ELONGATE E/SE WITH STRONG CLOUD
LAYER FLOW.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30035.


...CORFIDI
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