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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1125 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD

MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 762...



DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NEWD

ACROSS NRN MS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH ENHANCED RISK OF

STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND JUST TO ITS SOUTH.  PRIMARY MODE WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE SMALL BOW ECHOES/LEWP STRUCTURES WITHIN THE

LINE...WITH MAIN THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.  HOWEVER...VERY STRONG

SHEAR AND POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED BACK SURFACE WIND FIELD NEAR THE

SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO SUSTAIN A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.  SHOULD

AN ISOLATED CELL SURVIVE AHEAD OF THE LINE...IT WOULD ALSO CARRY A

RISK OF TORNADOES.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...EVANS

