[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 282325
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SPC WW 282325
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 40
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EASTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 36...WW 37...WW 38...WW
39...

DISCUSSION...LOOSELY ORGANIZED SQLN IN ERN AR EXPECTED TO MOVE
GENERALLY E INTO AREA THAT RECEIVED MODERATE SFC HEATING EARLIER
TODAY ACROSS NRN MS AND FAR SRN PARTS OF WEST TN. APPROACH OF CNTRL
TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH...AND ATTENDANT INCREASE IN MID-LVL FLOW...MAY
PROVIDE CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR STORM ORGANIZATION/SUSTENANCE GIVEN
PERSISTENT LOW-LVL...MOIST SSELY FLOW AND RELATIVELY COOL MID-LVL
TEMPERATURES.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...CORFIDI


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