[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 270259
SEL4
SPC WW 270259
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-271000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 224
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       MUCH OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF CROSSVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST 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 217...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221. WATCH NUMBER 217 221
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 215...WW
218...WW 219...WW 222...WW 223...

DISCUSSION...WITH EXPECTED INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL JET AND
ACCOMPANYING AVAILABLE UNSTABLE AIR MASS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
SUPERCELL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HALES

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