URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 547
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
EASTERN LOUISIANA
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING TO THE WEST OF THE
REGION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE
SQUALL LINE BEFORE EVENTUALLY MERGING WITH IT. DAMAGING
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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...CONTINUE...WW 545...WW 546...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.

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