Tornado Watch For Part of West Tennessee (incl. Memphis and Dyersburg)

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   SEL2
  
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 652
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM CDT THU SEP 9 2010
  
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  
          NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
          WEST TENNESSEE
  
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 625 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
  
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
  
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALNUT
   RIDGE ARKANSAS TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
  
   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.
  
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 650...WW 651...
  
   DISCUSSION...SMALL REGION INVOF NW-SE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/QSTNRY FRONT
   WITH LOW LCLS MAY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR LOW LVL STORM ROTATION/BRIEF
   TORNADOES THIS EVE AS LOW/MID LVL SPEED MAX ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS
   OF T.D HERMINE SKIRT THE REGION.
  
   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 28025.
  
  
   ...CORFIDI

[Curt]

Looks like everything is dying south of a JBR-DYR line

[Charles L.]

Could see a tornado warning come out for Mississippi County in NE AR near the TN border. That cell is showing rotation, not strong, but with 50 kts shear in that area it wouldn't need to be that strong.