[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 261
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EASTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHWESTERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OZARKS HAVE AGGREGATED INTO A
COMPLEX THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO GET BETTER ORGANIZED FOR A COUPLE
MORE HOURS THEN LEVEL OFF AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THIS PART
OF THE MID SOUTH.  DAMAGING GUSTS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN.
ISOLATED...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ALSO IS POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF BATESVILLE ARKANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD
MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 258...WW 259...WW 260...

AVIATION...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 32035.


...EDWARDS
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