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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 56

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

930 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Alabama

  Eastern Louisiana

  Southeast Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 930 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Storms should continue to intensify and otherwise spread

east-northeastward through the overnight across the region. An

increasingly moist air mass along with strong deep-layer/low-level

shear will support a tornado risk along with damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Slidell LA

to 85 miles northeast of Mobile AL. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 55...



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 24035.



...Guyer

