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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 881

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

635 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 635 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 880. WATCH NUMBER 880 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

635 AM CDT.



DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND WILL

PERSIST THIS MORNING AND MAY INCREASE DURING THE DAY IN ASSOCIATION

WITH LARGE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS AND DISCRETE SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING

WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS EAST OF THE CENTER OF GUSTAV.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16040.





...DIAL

