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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 54

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

220 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far southeast Arkansas

  Eastern and central Louisiana

  Western and central Mississippi



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of severe thunderstorms will move east across the

Lower Mississippi Valley through this evening. All hazards are

possible, with the greatest tornado risk likely to evolve across

portions of northeast Louisiana and west-central Mississippi.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Mc Comb MS

to 20 miles east northeast of Greenville 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 52...WW 53...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 21040.



...Grams

