[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 211144
SEL3
SPC WW 211144
ARZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-211500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 23
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005

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

       NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
       BOOTHEEL OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
       EXTREME NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 545 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF JACKSON
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 20...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 21. WATCH NUMBER 20 21 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 545 AM
CST. CONTINUE...WW 22...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE TSTMS..CONTAINING LEWP AND BOW ECHO
FORMATIONS AND A HISTORY OF DAMAGING GUSTS...WILL MOVE EWD 50-55 KT
ACROSS WW AREA WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF SEVERE GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL
HAIL.  INFLOW-LAYER AIR MASS REMAINS FAVORABLY UNSTABLE WITH MUCAPES
ESTIMATED 1000-1500 J/KG.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27050.


...EDWARDS/HART

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