[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 131640
SEL8
SPC WW 131640
ARZ000-KYZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-132200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1140 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1140 AM UNTIL 500
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
TO 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

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.

DISCUSSION...STRONG HEATING HAS DISSIPATED CIN AND RESULTED IN MDT
TO STRONG INSTABILITY ACROSS WATCH AREA.  WITH BOUNDARY MOVING EWD
ACROSS NERN AR AND ADDITIONAL SMALLER SCALE BOUNDARIES...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING  WINDS WITH SHORT BOWS AND LINES THAT DEVELOP.

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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24025.


...HALES

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