[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 291949
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SPC WW 291949
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
150 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012

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

       NORTHERN ALABAMA
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHERN-MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.

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 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE
MISSISSIPPI TO 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.
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 48...WW 49...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS GRADUALLY DEVELOPING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS
NRN MS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY INTERACT
WITH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT
ADVANCES EWD ACROSS THE MS RIVER.  SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR A FEW
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL.

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 25040.


...MEAD


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