[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 021552
SEL6
SPC WW 021552
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 106
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1055 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009

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

       MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1055 AM UNTIL
300 PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD
MISSISSIPPI TO 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...CONTINUE...WW 102...WW 103...WW
104...WW 105...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY INTO NWRN MS
AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER SYSTEM.  WITH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY SPREADING
NWD AND SHEAR PROFILES BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS...THREAT FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
SPREADING EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU MID AFTERNOON,

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


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