[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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SPC WW 092148
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM UNTIL
1100 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS
TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 496...WW 497...

DISCUSSION...LINES AND CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL IN STRONGER CELLS.

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 23025.


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