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WWUS20 KWNS 061656

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SPC WW 061656

ALZ000-ARZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-070000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

  EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF

GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTA GEORGIA.  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 238...WW 239...



DISCUSSION...SHOWERS ARE DEEPENING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH FROM SERN AR

INTO NWRN GA.  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MATURE WITHIN A VERY

UNSTABLE AIRMASS THAT APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED MULTI-CELL

CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

ACTIVITY SHOULD PROPAGATE SEWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS



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 29035.





...DARROW

