URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1110 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM ENVIRONMENT GRADUALLY BECOMES
MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF BATON
ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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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