[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
  EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
  900 PM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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...CONTINUE...WW 9...WW 10...

DISCUSSION...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEWD FROM AR TOWARD WRN
TN/KY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH CONSOLIDATION INTO A
LARGER SQUALL LINE EXPECTED BY EARLY TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
OVERTAKES THE PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION.  THE COMBINATION OF
BUOYANCY/MOISTURE AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE RISK FOR A FEW
TORNADOES WITH ANY MORE DISCRETE INITIAL CELLS OR LATER EMBEDDED
CIRCULATIONS...THOUGH THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BECOME DAMAGING WINDS
THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...THOMPSON

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