[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 110547
SEL4
SPC WW 110547
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 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 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICHY
MISSOURI TO 45 MILES EAST OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 11. WATCH NUMBER 11 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1145
PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 12...WW 13...

DISCUSSION...WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE AND THE
APPROACH OF THE INTENSE S/WV TROUGH AND MID LEVEL JET FROM THE
W...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA.  ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...IT IS ADEQUATE GIVEN
THE STRENGTH OF THE KINEMATICS FOR TORNADO POTENTIAL. ADDITIONALLY
SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO WRN AR WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE WATCH
LATER TONIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.


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