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WWUS20 KWNS 280645

SEL6

SPC WW 280645

ARZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-281300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 106

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 145 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF

DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 102...WW 103...WW

104...WW 105...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING

HOURS WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.

AS SUCH...ANY SUSTAINED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF

TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...MEAD

