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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 9...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS DEVELOP SWRN MS IN A FAVORABLE

SHEAR/INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT.  WITH THE AIR MASS NOW MODERATELY

UNSTABLE EWD TO AL BORDER...CONDITIONS FOR THIS STORM AND POSSIBLE

OTHER STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE NOW MOVING EWD INTO WRN MS

APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR BOTH SEVERE INCLUDING TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE

ENEWD ACROSS THE WATCH.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





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