[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 131
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

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

       NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 340 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.

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

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 127...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130. WATCH NUMBER 127 130
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 340 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 128...WW
129...

DISCUSSION...CONFLUENCE BAND OF TRAINING SUPERCELLS NOW EXTENDING
FROM NW MS INTO WRN TN EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE
MORE HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ON A NEW
CONFLUENCE AXIS FORMING FARTHER SE ACROSS CNTRL/NE MS.  VERY MOIST
AND VERY STRONGLY-SHEARED LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT...COUPLED WITH
EXPECTED SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWLY MID/UPR LVL FLOW...SUGGESTS
CONTINUED PERIODIC RISK FOR STRONG TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR
HAIL/WIND...THROUGH LATE MORNING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.


...CORFIDI
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