[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 202305
SEL6
SPC WW 202305
ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-210600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 26
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CST TUE FEB 20 2007

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

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 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE.  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.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN AR/SOUTHEAST MO...SPREADING ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA.  DESPITE RATHER WEAK CAPE VALUES...COLD TEMPERATURES
ALOFT AND STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE THREAT OF
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND 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 26035.


...HART


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