[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 158
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1145 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Arkansas
  Extreme Southern Illinois
  Western Kentucky
  Southeast Missouri
  West Tennessee

* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1145 AM until
  600 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms over southern
Missouri will track eastward across the watch area this afternoon,
posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles southwest of
West Plains MO to 20 miles southeast of Clarksville TN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 157...

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
27045.

...Hart
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