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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...AND

EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE

STRENGTHENING STORMS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 9...



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 21045.





...GOSS

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