[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 357
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
  WESTERN VIRGINIA
  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
  900 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND GROW
UPSCALE INTO A LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS EASTERN KY AND TN.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL SURGE TOWARD THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WRN VA BY LATE
AFTERNOON.  DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE GREATEST SEVERE RISK.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 354...WW 355...WW 356...

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...DARROW
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