[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 171859
SEL9
SPC WW 171859
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 179
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010

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

       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
       PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
       SMALL PART OF WESTERN VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

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 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRISTOL
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 178...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AS A MOIST AIR MASS CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZES. WITH 30KT OF CYCLONIC SHEAR...AND COOL AIR
ALOFT...POTENTIAL FOR BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL EXIST
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26025.


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