[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 223
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI
  NORTHERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 219. WATCH NUMBER 219 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
725 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 218...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED
STORMS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN MODERATE...CONFLUENT...MOIST LOW-LVL
WSW FLOW BENEATH WRN EDGE OF WNWLY MID-LVL SPEED MAX. WHILE STORMS
ULTIMATELY SHOULD MERGE INTO CLUSTERS WITH A DIMINISHING THREAT FOR
LOW-LVL ROTATION/TORNADOES LATER THIS EVE...AN SPORADIC TORNADO
THREAT COULD PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH A CONTINUING
RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...CORFIDI

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