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WWUS20 KWNS 170350

SEL1

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ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-171100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 551

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

HOUMA LOUISIANA TO 75 MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 550...



DISCUSSION...A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL

AND BOWING STRUCTURES IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SWEEPING EASTWARD THROUGH THE

LOWER MS VALLEY. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...MEAD

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850 

WWUS20 KWNS 170350

SEL1

SPC WW 170350

ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-171100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 551

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

HOUMA LOUISIANA TO 75 MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 550...



DISCUSSION...A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL

AND BOWING STRUCTURES IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT SWEEPING EASTWARD THROUGH THE

LOWER MS VALLEY. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...MEAD

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