[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 020320
SEL0
SPC WW 020320
TNZ000-021000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1020 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

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

       MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1020 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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...CONTINUE...WW 127...WW 128...WW 129...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL PERSIST ALONG RETREATING WARM
FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS MIDDLE TN.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR TORNADOES WITH STORMS INTERACTING WITH THE BOUNDARY.
OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS N OF THE BOUNDARY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22030.


...THOMPSON

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