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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 805 AM UNTIL 300

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 80 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS

LOUISIANA.  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 131...WW 132...



DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING ALONG

CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING FROM SE LA INTO CNTRL MS.  STRONG LOW LVL

SPEED SHEAR...RICH MOISTURE...ONSET OF SFC HEATING...AND LARGE SCALE

ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK IMPULSE NOW MOVING NNE ACROSS THE SABINE

RVR VLY MAY SUPPORT A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS WITH A THREAT FOR

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...CORFIDI

