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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD FROM LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN

MISSISSIPPI INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY

TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS JUST TO THE WEST.  THE

ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN

THE LARGER RAIN AREAS...AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE

POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH DAMAGING GUSTS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON 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 19...WW 20...



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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...THOMPSON

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