[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

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

       SOUTHERN INDIANA
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 250 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

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 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 80 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 243...

DISCUSSION...TSTM LINE SEGMENT NOW NEAR THE IND/KY IN THE OWENSBORO
AREA HAS BECOME ORIENTED ROUGHLY W-E.  GIVEN PREVAILING LOW TO MID
LVL WIND FIELD /WITH MODEST W TO WNWLY MEAN FLOW AND SOME DEGREE OF
LOW TO MID LVL VEERING/...AND LOCATION OF STORMS ON ERN EDGE OF
BROAD EML...THIS ORIENTATION MAY ALLOW THE STORMS TO SOMEWHAT
INCREASE IN STRENGTH AS THE LINE MOVES GENERALLY SEWD.  MAIN SVR
THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY DMGG WIND FROM PRECIP-ENHANCED DOWNDRAFTS.
UPSTREAM AREA OF STORMS NOW IN SRN IL MAY BEHAVE SIMILARLY AS IT
MOVES SE INTO SW IND/WRN KY LATER THIS MORNING.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 31030.


...CORFIDI


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