[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 100828
SEL6
SPC WW 100828
ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-101600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       WEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 325 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 50 MILES WEST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...CONTINUE...WW 184...WW 185...

DISCUSSION...NRN AR MCS WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE MOVE ENE...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NE WITHIN
IT.  AREA VWP AND SFC PRESSURE CHANGE DATA SHOW EXIT REGION OF
STRONG /50+ KT/ SSWLY LLJ OVER WW REGION...WITH JET LIKELY TO
STRENGTHEN AND FURTHER MOISTEN.  COUPLED WITH RECOVERING BOUNDARY
LAYER ACROSS SE MO AREA...EXPECT THAT EXISTING TORNADO THREAT IN NRN
AR WILL PERSIST AND EXPAND NE INTO WW THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...CORFIDI


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