URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 550
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
740 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SQUALL LINE NOW EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF
MEXICO NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
SLOWLY EWD THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE
RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEAST WITHIN IT. SETUP WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMBEDDED SUSTAINED STORMS...SMALL BOWING
SEGMENTS...AND POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR
DAMAGING WIND AND AN OCCASIONAL TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 547...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 549. WATCH NUMBER 547 549
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 740 PM CST.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21050.
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