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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 454

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

745 AM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and southern Arkansas

  Eastern and northern Louisiana

  Western Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 745 AM until

  400 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Tornado potential will spread northward up the Delta

region toward the Mid-South today, in the eastern semicircle of

Hurricane Laura.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

either side of a line from 20 miles east of Houma LA to 5 miles west

northwest of Little Rock AR. 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 453. Watch number 453 will not be in effect after

745 AM CDT.



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

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 12040.



...Edwards

