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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 271

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 268. WATCH NUMBER 268 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

535 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 267...WW 269...WW 270...



DISCUSSION...NRN END OF N-S LWR MS VLY SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

ENEWD THROUGH LATE EVE...IN TANDEM WITH BAND OF 30-40 KT LOW TO

MID-TROPOSPHERIC SW FLOW IN SE QUADRANT OF KS-OK UPR LOW. THIS BAND

OF ENHANCED FLOW...COUPLED WITH HIGH PW AND SLIGHTLY-BACKED NEAR-SFC

WINDS INVOF DIFFUSE WARM FRONT/SFC TROUGH OVER NRN MS/WRN

TN...SUGGESTS SOME RISK FOR TORNADOES...BOTH WITH STORMS IN THE SQLN

AND THOSE FORMING AHEAD OF IT. LOCALLY DMGG WIND ALSO MAY OCCUR WITH

EMBEDDED LEWPS/SMALL BOWS IN THE LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

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