[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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SPC WW 291942
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 570
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Kentucky
  Northwest North Carolina
  Northeast Tennessee
  Western Virginia
  Extreme southern West Virginia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Multicell clusters of storms are expected to increase in
coverage and persist through late evening while spreading
east-southeastward.  Downbursts with wind damage and isolated large
hail will be the main severe threats.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north
northwest of Knoxville TN to 40 miles east northeast of Lynchburg
VA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 567...WW 568...WW 569...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

...Thompson
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