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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 291

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  WEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES NORTH OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.  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 290...



DISCUSSION...SRN EXTENSION OF SAME MESOSCALE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTING

SE MO/SRN IL/WRN KY WILL EXIST OVER W TN AREA THIS EVE. WITH

LARGE-SCALE ASCENT LIKELY TO INCREASE OVER REGION DURING THE NEXT

2-4 HRS...AND WITH SFC HEATING TO CONTINUE...EXPECT SOME

STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING STORMS. AREA WIND PROFILES SUGGEST AN

ASSOCIATED RISK FOR SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS WITH LOCALLY DMGG

WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



AVIATION...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 22025.





...CORFIDI

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