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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 268

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MISSOURI BOOTHEEL

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...CONTINUE...WW 267...



DISCUSSION...A BOWING LINE SEGMENT WITH EMBEDDED LEWP STRUCTURES

WILL PROGRESS NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO

EVENING. THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING

LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF STORM ROTATION

WITH A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS

AND LARGE HAIL.



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 24030.





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