[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 180146
SEL1
SPC WW 180146
ALZ000-TNZ000-180800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 671
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

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

       NORTHWEST ALABAMA
       WEST AND WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
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 25 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES EAST OF OXFORD
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 667...WW 668...WW
669...WW 670...

DISCUSSION...SQLN CROSSING THE MS RIVER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD
INTO LEE UNSTABLE LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT OVER THE LWR TN VLY. STRENGTH
OF LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT AND CURRENT WIND FIELD SUGGEST A
CONTINUED RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND EWD BEYOND WW 667 IN PARTS OF
WRN TN THROUGH LATE EVE.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 25045.


...CORFIDI

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