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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

       SOUTHERN KENTUCKY

       MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

       FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

800 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

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

SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 250...WW 251...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A ZONE OF WEAK

CONVERGENCE IN NERN AR/WRN TN AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEWD INTO

SRN KY. STRONG INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL

LIKELY RESULT IN STORMS WITH SEVERE HAIL...LOCALIZED DOWNBURSTS AND

HEAVY RAINFALL.



AVIATION...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 29010.





...IMY

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