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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 505

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA

  NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  A SMALL PART OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS IN MISSISSIPPI WILL SPREAD

NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING AND LIKELY BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS

AS FAR NORTHEAST AS ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE BY ABOUT 6-7 PM CST.  AS

THE STORM ENVIRONMENT BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS...

THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES

(ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI)...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES

EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MS

TO 90 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TUPELO MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION

OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 504...



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 24045.



...THOMPSON

