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WWUS20 KWNS 051510

SEL0

SPC WW 051510

ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-052200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 230

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN MISSOURI

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1005 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF FLIPPIN ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

JACKSON TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 227...WW 228...WW 229...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED MCS IS PROPAGATING SEWD ACROSS SWRN MO/NWRN

AR AT ROUGHLY 50KT.  THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS SHOULD SPREAD SEWD

TOWARD WRN TN ALONG PRE-EXISTING SYNOPTIC FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF SQUALL LINE.

STRONG DIURNAL HEATING MAY ALLOW MCS TO SPREAD INTO NRN MS LATER

THIS AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...DARROW

