[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 162204
SEL7
SPC WW 162204
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-170200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 177
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

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

       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
       NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
       WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

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 65
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 176...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS AND LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER AR
WILL TRACK EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  MODERATE INSTABILITY
COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL PROMOTE THE
RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28025.


...HART

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