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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 9

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northeast Louisiana

  Western and central Mississippi



* Effective this Saturday morning from 235 AM until 900 AM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible



SUMMARY...Extensive squall line will progress east from western

Louisiana across the Mississippi River through western and central

Mississippi this morning. Damaging winds with embedded tornadoes are

the expected hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Greenwood MS

to 40 miles east southeast of Natchez MS. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 7...WW 8...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24045.



...Grams

