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WWUS20 KWNS 291946

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SPC WW 291946

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 504

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  PARTS OF WESTERNA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON

FROM LOUISIANA INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN

STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  INITIALLY...THE

SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS...AS WELL AS A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO.  BY LATE EVENING...

THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH

POTENTIALLY A COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES

EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES

LA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION

OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU4).



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.



&&



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 24045.



...THOMPSON

