[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation MSG

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WWUS20 KWNS 250839
SEL8
SPC WW 250839
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

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

       EASTERN ARKANSAS
       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 340 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG
TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 817. WATCH NUMBER 817 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 340
AM CDT.

DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES PERSIST TO THE E OF THE
REMNANTS OF RITA.  BANDS OF CONVECTION WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL
ROTATE N AND NWWD AHEAD OF RITA ACROSS LWR MS VALLEY. WITH DAYTIME
HEATING THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING MORNING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19040.


...HALES

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