[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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Thu Jun 21 13:38:55 CDT 2018


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 196
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  northeast Arkansas
  southern Illinois
  western Kentucky
  southeast Missouri
  northern Mississippi
  western Tennessee

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase in coverage and intensity
along a cold front with a few supercells and line segments capable
of mainly damaging wind gusts and some hail through early evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Cape Girardeau MO to 30 miles west of Oxford MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

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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
28035.

...Dial
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