[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 576
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010

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

       EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
       EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 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 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRISTOL
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 574...WW 575...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED PULSE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON IN THE CORRIDOR S OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS NW
TN/KY...AS WELL AS OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS.  THOUGH VERTICAL SHEAR
IS RELATIVELY WEAK THIS FAR SOUTH...STRONG INSTABILITY AND STEEP
LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 29020.


...THOMPSON
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