[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 210056
SEL6
SPC WW 210056
ALZ000-TNZ000-210900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 9...WW 11...WW 13...WW
14...WW 15...

DISCUSSION...WITH THE GLANCING INFLUENCE OF POTENT MIDWEST SHORTWAVE
TROUGH YET TO AFFECT REGION...AND CONTINUED LOW-LVL MOISTURE
INFLOW...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR THE CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT AND
POSSIBLE STRENGTHENING OF NNE-SSW SQLN NOW APPROACHING MIDDLE TN.
EMBEDDED LEWPS AND SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO SWD INTO NRN/WRN AL GIVEN
INTENSITY OF LOW TO MID-WIND FIELD /700 MB SPEEDS AOA 50 KTS/. ONE
OR TWO MORE ISOLD SVR STORMS ALSO MAY AFFECT SRN PARTS OF THE WW
AREA LATER TNGT AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FORM AND MOVE NEWD FROM
CONFLUENCE ZONE NOW STRADDLING THE MS-AL BORDER S OF MERIDIAN.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...CORFIDI


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