[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 537
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EASTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
  MISSISSIPPI
  WEST TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
  900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES
    POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
    MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 534...WW 535...WW 536...

DISCUSSION...EXTENSIVE...BROKEN SSW-NNE SQLN NOW EXTENDING FROM NE
LA TO SE MO SHOULD CONTINUE SLOWLY EWD...ROUGHLY WITH THE SPEED OF
SUPPORTING SRN PLNS SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THE LINE LIKELY WILL CONTAIN
ADDITIONAL LONG-LIVED LEWPS/SUB-SYNOPTIC LOWS AS INFLUENCE OF UPR
TROUGH INCREASES...YIELDING STRENGTHENING SSWLY DEEP SHEAR OVER WW
REGION. COUPLED WITH FURTHER HEATING OF VERY
MOIST...WEAKLY-CAPPED...CONFLUENT LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT E/SE OF THE
LINE...SETUP COULD SUPPORT A FEW LONGER-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH
TORNADOES...BOTH WITHIN AND AHEAD OF THE LINE. DESPITE MODEST
MID-LVL LAPSE RATES...A COUPLE OF THE TORNADOES COULD BE STRONG
GIVEN LOW LCLS...SIZABLE LOW-LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND 60+ KT 700 MB
FLOW.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...CORFIDI


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