[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

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

       SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
       EASTERN LOUISIANA
       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
       PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1050 PM
UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE
LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 132...WW 133...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING ALONG PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN
ERN LA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE INTO MS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
FOLLOWED BY STORMS FARTHER W ALONG COLD FRONT NOW NEAR THE SABINE
RIVER.  WHILE KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY OVER W CNTRL AND NRN MS /DOWNSTREAM FROM SRN
AR SFC WAVE/...VERY WEAK MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES /NOTE 03Z JAN RAOB/
AND SHALLOW CONVERGENCE WILL LIMIT COVERAGE OF SVR ACTIVITY.
NEVERTHELESS...OVERALL SETUP LIKELY WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...AND
NARROW SWATHS OF DMGG WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.


...CORFIDI


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