[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 166
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
640 PM CDT Mon May 4 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Extreme northern Alabama
  North Georgia
  Extreme southwestern North Carolina
  Much of middle and southeast Tennessee

* Effective this Monday night from 640 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple storm clusters and supercells in western
Tennessee will likely undergo some upscale growth through cell
mergers/interactions the next few hours, with bow echo development
possible.  The initial supercells will pose a threat for large hail,
but damaging winds will become the more substantial threat in time.
A tornado or two with embedded circulations/mesovortices will also
be possible, mainly across middle Tennessee this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 85 miles west southwest
of Nashville TN to 65 miles east of Chattanooga TN. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 163...WW 164...WW 165...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29045.

...Thompson
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