[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

       MUCH OF ALABAMA
       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       PARTS OF INDIANA
       LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 93. WATCH NUMBER 93 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 120
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 94...WW 95...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN BOTH
NUMBER AND INTENSITY AHEAD OF THE RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW AND UPPER
TROUGH MOVING TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. VERY STRONG DEEP
LAYER SHEAR COUPLED WITH VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT BOTH TORNADIC SUPERCELLS  AND VERY DAMAGING WINDS.  THREAT
WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE WATCH THRU THE
AFTERNOON. THE RISK FOR LARGE LONG TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE A THREAT
AS WELL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


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