ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM EST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL 700
PM EST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH
CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 24. WATCH NUMBER 24 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 140 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 25...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TN/AL
BORDER AS AIR MASS IN WARM SECTOR NOW MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY
CAPPED. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR
BOUNDARIES NRN GA. WITH STRONG SHEAR PROFILES AND COOL LAPSE
RATES...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING
E/ESEWD ACROSS NRN AL/GA INTO WRN SC WITH LARGE HAIL/BRIEF DAMAGING
WINDS.

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 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25040.

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