[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 110741
SEL8
SPC WW 110741
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010

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

       CENTRAL...NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 25. WATCH NUMBER 25 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 140
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 27...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN BANDS OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/LEWPS
EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER PARTS OF MS AND W TN FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS
/REF MCD 179/.  LOW-LVL WIND PROFILES AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WILL
BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES OVER CNTRL/ERN MS...BUT LARGE SCALE
FORCING FOR ASCENT ALSO MAY MAINTAIN A SVR THREAT FARTHER N INTO
MORE STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ENVIRONMENT IN W TN.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...CORFIDI


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