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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 210

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST OF FORT POLK

LOUISIANA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.  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 205...WW 206...WW 207...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL ECENTRAL TX WILL LIKELY CONTINUE

TO BE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS

GIVEN THE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SWRN LA.  THUS

EXPECT THE COMPLEX TO MOVE ESEWD INTO WRN LA.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.





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