[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 132259
SEL0
SPC WW 132259
ALZ000-KYZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-140600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 300
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
555 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011

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

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 555 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO
95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 297...WW 298...WW 299...

DISCUSSION...SCTD BROKEN BANDS OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
MOVING/DEVELOPING GENERALLY E ACROSS WRN KY AND WRN TN THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT...WHILE MORE REGENERATIVE STORMS PERSIST IN NRN/ERN MS.  THE
MORE NRN STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS WITH LOCALLY DMGG
WIND AND SOME HAIL.  SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS MAY
OCCUR IN MS...WHERE FORCING FOR ASCENT AND WIND FIELD WILL INCREASE
WITH CONTINUED EWD MOVEMENT OF VORT LOBE ASSOCIATED WITH MO UPR LOW.
GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR FORTUITOUS STORM-BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS...THE
MS STORMS MAY YIELD A TORNADO...ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL THREAT APPEARS
TOO LOW TO WARRANT A TORNADO WW ATTM.  MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD
WEAKEN BY LATE EVE.

AVIATION...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 25025.


...CORFIDI
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