[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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SEL6
SPC WW 221932
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 176
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF
KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 172...WW 173...WW
174...WW 175...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ALONG A WEAK
BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS KY.  THESE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND BUILD
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.  A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND SUFFICIENT WINDS ALOFT WILL
PROMOTE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN THE STRONGER CELLS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29030.


...HART

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