[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 68
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
  FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY
  THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
  WESTERN TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM
  UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...AFFECTING THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 67...

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 25040.


...THOMPSON
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