[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 250156
SEL7
SPC WW 250156
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 817
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
855 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

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

       ARKANSAS
       NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
       WESTERN AND PART OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM UNTIL
400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 815...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 816. WATCH NUMBER 815 816
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 855 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 814...

DISCUSSION...RITA/S CENTER WILL CONTINUE TRACKING SLOWLY NNEWD
ACROSS SWRN AR OVERNIGHT...TOWARDS AREA OF STRONGEST PRESSURE FALLS
EVIDENT THIS EVENING.  MOIST CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST NORTH
AND EAST OF THE CENTER TONIGHT WHERE MARGINAL INSTABILITY IS
ANTICIPATED.  ENHANCED BACKING OF LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL SUPPORT
EXTREME SHEAR IN THE LOWEST FEW KILOMETERS...AND SUSTAIN A THREAT OF
A FEW TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 15040.


...EVANS

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