[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 519
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  ARKANSAS
  EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  WESTERN KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN LOUISIANA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
  NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN TENNESSEE
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 545
  PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL
DORADO ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...CONTINUE...WW 516...WW 517...WW 518...

DISCUSSION...SVR THREAT EXPECTED TO MAXIMIZE WITH INCREASINGLY
WELL-ORGANIZED LINE OF TSTMS...OFFERING PRIMARY WIND-DAMAGE RISK
WHILE MOVING W-E ACROSS WW AREA THIS EVENING.  SPORADIC HAIL IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR A FEW BRIEF QLCS TORNADOES.
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WITH SLGT TORNADO RISK ALSO MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF
MAIN SQUALL LINE OVER MID-SOUTH REGION...WITHIN ENVIRONMENT OF
STEADILY INCREASING LOW-LEVEL SRH RELATED TO LLJ ENLARGEMENT OF
HODOGRAPH.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1801 FOR MORE
METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EDWARDS

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