

972 

WWUS20 KWNS 031703

SEL1

SPC WW 031703

LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-040000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1105 AM UNTIL

  600 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER SOUTHEAST LA.  THIS

ACTIVITY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

AFTERNOON.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE

A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...HART



881 

WWUS20 KWNS 031703

SEL1

SPC WW 031703

LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-040000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1105 AM UNTIL

  600 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER SOUTHEAST LA.  THIS

ACTIVITY WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

AFTERNOON.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE

A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...HART

