[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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WWUS20 KWNS 212345
SEL5
SPC WW 212345
MSZ000-TNZ000-220600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 585
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON
TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 582. WATCH NUMBER 582 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
545 PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 583...WW 584...

DISCUSSION...EXTENSIVE QLCS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS NRN MS
AND FROM WRN INTO MIDDLE TN...AS EMBEDDED CELLS MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE
NE.  A LOW CAPE/HIGH SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WILL FAVOR EMBEDDED
CIRCULATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A FEW TORNADOES...AS WELL
AS SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS.

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 24050.


...THOMPSON

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