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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 101

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF OXFORD

MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.

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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 95...WW 96...WW 97...WW

98...WW 99...WW 100...



DISCUSSION...A LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED OVER

NORTHWEST MS. THIS STORM MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS... TRACKING

NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE LOW LEVEL

SHEAR IS MAXIMIZED.  SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES

WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS ACTIVITY TRACKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



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 25030.





...HART

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