[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 80
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

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

       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
       LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI
       PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MC
COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JONESBORO
ARKANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 79...

DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LA/SRN AR WILL
CONTINUE E/NEWD INTO AN INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
SUPERCELLS AND TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.  AIR MASS CONTINUES TO
DESTABILIZE  AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO 40KT ACROSS THE
WATCH.  SUPERCELLS INCLUDING TORNADO'S AND LARGE HAIL WILL
MOVE/DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES


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