[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 78
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 AM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Georgia
  Extreme western North Carolina
  Eastern Tennessee

* Effective this Saturday morning from 100 AM until 500 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A squall line with embedded bowing segments will move
eastward overnight, and reach eastern Tennessee and northwest
Georgia.  The primary threat with these storms will be damaging
gusts, though a tornado or two will be possible with embedded
circulations.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest
of Knoxville TN to 20 miles west southwest of Rome GA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 76...WW 77...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
25055.

...Thompson
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