[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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Thu Jul 26 17:47:22 CDT 2012


WWUS20 KWNS 262246
SEL0
SPC WW 262246
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-TNZ000-TXZ000-270700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

       ARKANSAS
       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
       WESTERN TENNESSEE
       EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 545 PM
UNTIL 200 AM 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 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 524...WW 525...WW
526...WW 527...WW 528...WW 529...

DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS...ORIENTED
NORTHEAST-SOUTHWESTWARD FROM FAR SOUTHEAST MO/WESTERN KY INTO
WESTERN AR/SOUTHEAST OK...WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE/SPREAD EASTWARD
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR IS MODEST
ACROSS THE REGION...THE AIRMASS OF THESE STORMS REMAINS
HOT/MOIST...WITH AN AMPLE CAPE/DCAPE ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
SPORADIC DOWNBURSTS AND WIND DAMAGE ALONG WITH PULSE-TYPE SEVERE
HAIL.

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 27025.


...GUYER

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