[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 232156
SEL7
SPC WW 232156
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 347
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
500 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
1100 PM 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 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 338...WW 340...WW
341...WW 342...WW 343...WW 344...WW 345...WW 346...

DISCUSSION...QLCS NEAR THE MS RIVER WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE EWD
ACROSS WRN TN/KY...REACHING CENTRAL KY/MIDDLE TN TOWARD 00Z.  THE
CONVECTION WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A SWATH OF MODERATE INSTABILITY E
OF THE ONGOING STORMS...WITH 35-50 KT MIDLEVEL FLOW SUPPORTIVE OF
ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...THOMPSON


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