[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 32
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1205 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

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

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       EASTERN TENNESSEE
       EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL
700 PM EST.

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 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF
LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO 50 MILES EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...ONGOING BANDS OF STORMS ACROSS NE AL/NW GA AND CENTRAL
KY WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON WHILE SPREADING NNEWD IN ADVANCE
OF AN EJECTING MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT.
A FEW CLOUD BREAKS...BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW-MID
50S...AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL SUPPORT A THREAT FOR HAIL
WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS.  ADDITIONALLY...THE LINEAR
CONFIGURATION OF THE EXISTING STORMS AND STRENGTHENING LOW-MIDLEVEL
FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL ALSO SUPPORT A THREAT FOR DAMAGING
WINDS.

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 400. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 22035.


...THOMPSON


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