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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 494

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern and Eastern Louisiana

  Southern Mississippi



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 235 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...The post-tropical remnants of Beta will continue to move

northeastward across the region, with strong low-level shear and a

moist environment conducive for a risk for a couple of brief

tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

north and south of a line from 60 miles southwest of Natchez MS to

15 miles north of Mc Comb 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 20020.



...Guyer

