[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 132229
SEL5
SPC WW 132229
ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-140500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 525
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

       NORTHERN ARKANSAS
       EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN MISSOURI
       NORTHERN PART OF WEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 530 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 SOUTHWEST
OF HARRISON ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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...CONTINUE...WW 522...WW 523...WW 524...

DISCUSSION...BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS STRONGER WESTERLY MID LEVEL WINDS SPREAD EWD
ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING.  AIR MASS IS VERY WARM/MOIST WITH
SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND DEW POINTS NEAR
70...CONTRIBUTING TO MLCAPE OF 2000 J/KG.  SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL ENHANCE STORM ORGANIZATION...WITH POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED
CONVECTION TO ORGANIZE INTO BOW ECHOES WHICH WOULD RESULT IN AN
ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE THREAT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...WEISS
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