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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 521

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1010 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

  NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1010 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 519...WW 520...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE...ISOLATED MEASURED

SVR GUSTS...FEW STG MISOCYCLONES...AND A RECENT TORNADO REPORT IN

CRAIGHEAD COUNTY AR...IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN PRIMARY DAMAGING-GUST

THREAT AS IT MOVES OVER WW AREA.  ORGANIZATION OF MCS SHOULD LESSEN

NEAR E EDGE OF WW...ESPECIALLY OVER MID TN AND NERN MS...AS IT

ENTERS PROGRESSIVELY LOWER-THETAE AIR MASS.  HOWEVER...FAVORABLY

LARGE WARM-SECTOR HODOGRAPHS SHOULD SUPPORT SVR POTENTIAL IN

MEANTIME.  TORNADO RISK ALSO MAY EXIST FROM SMALL/ROTATING CELLS

AHEAD OF MAIN LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...EDWARDS

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 521

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1010 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

  NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1010 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 95 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 519...WW 520...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE...ISOLATED MEASURED

SVR GUSTS...FEW STG MISOCYCLONES...AND A RECENT TORNADO REPORT IN

CRAIGHEAD COUNTY AR...IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN PRIMARY DAMAGING-GUST

THREAT AS IT MOVES OVER WW AREA.  ORGANIZATION OF MCS SHOULD LESSEN

NEAR E EDGE OF WW...ESPECIALLY OVER MID TN AND NERN MS...AS IT

ENTERS PROGRESSIVELY LOWER-THETAE AIR MASS.  HOWEVER...FAVORABLY

LARGE WARM-SECTOR HODOGRAPHS SHOULD SUPPORT SVR POTENTIAL IN

MEANTIME.  TORNADO RISK ALSO MAY EXIST FROM SMALL/ROTATING CELLS

AHEAD OF MAIN LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...EDWARDS

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