[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 PM EDT THU APR 2 2009

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

       NORTHERN GEORGIA
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       EAST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM
UNTIL 700 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 0.5 INCH 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 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 112...WW 114...

DISCUSSION...LOW-TOPPED TSTM BAND FROM E OF BHM TO NEAR CSV EXPECTED
TO BE MAIN FOCUS FOR LOW LVL ASCENT AS WRN TN UPR VORT CONTINUES
ENEWD.  DESPITE MEAGER SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...STRONG MID/UPR LVL
ASCENT IN EXIT REGION OF ASSOCIATED JET STREAK...AND STRONG LOW LVL
WLY SURGE BEHIND STORM LINE...SUGGEST CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR SMALL
SCALE BOWS WITH DMGG WIND AS LINE ENCOUNTERS HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
SRN APPALACHIANS.

AVIATION...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 350. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...CORFIDI
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