IN AN AREA OF SEVERE WX; A PLT IS UNABLE TO ACCEPT ATC OFFERED RTING CLRNC; AND IS RELUCTANT TO DECLARE AN EMER WHEN SUGGESTED BY THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR.

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AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED FROM PFN TO FTY VIA PFN DIRECT LGC AND THE MIKEE4 ARR TO FTY. DUE TO SEVERE WX TO OUR W; WE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A CLRNC TO PARALLEL OUR RTE 10 MI TO THE E. THE CTR CTLR SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED THAT TO CONTINUE TO LGC; WE WOULD HAVE TO TURN DUE W TO INTERCEPT THE ATL TRANSITION W OF MGM VOR; WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A PENETRATION OF THE VERY SAME WX LINE WE WERE PARALLELING; AND THERE WERE NO GAPS OR HOLES IN THE LINE. I TOLD THE CTLR I COULDN'T ACCEPT THE CLRNC ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERE WX LINE TO MY W. THE CTLR THEN REPLIED THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROCEED DIRECT TO AMG VOR; DBN; TRBOW4 ARR. I ADVISED THE CTLR THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE; AS THE AREA 50 MI W OF AMG WAS UNDER A TORNADO ALERT; AND THERE WAS ANOTHER LINE JUST 50 MI TO THE E OF OUR PRESENT POS WITH LEVEL 4/7 TSTMS AND HAIL WITH TOPS IN EXCESS OF 55000 FT; AND PROBABLY THE BEST I COULD DO WOULD BE PRESENT POS DIRECT DBN AND THE TROBOW ARR. THE CTLR THEN WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS REFUSING THE CLRNC TO AMG; AND I REPLIED YES; AS I COULDN'T ACCEPT A CLRNC THAT I KNOWINGLY WOULD ENDANGER THE PEOPLE ONBOARD; AND THAT I WAS EQUIPPED WITH WX RADAR AND STORMSCOPE; AND MY INTERP OF THE INFO WAS THAT IT WAS SEVERE WX AREA; WHERE SHE WAS TRYING TO HAVE US GO. SHE THEN WANTED TO KNOW IF I WANTED TO DECLARE AN EMER; AND I SAID NO.