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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 701

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

220 PM CST Mon Dec 16 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern and northern Mississippi

  Southwest Tennessee



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until

  900 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Line of thunderstorms along a cold front will spread

east-northeast with a risk for damaging winds and brief tornadoes.

Semi-discrete supercells over southwest Mississippi may persist east

and pose a continued tornado risk across eastern portions of central

and southern Mississippi.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 80 miles north of Tupelo MS to 30 miles

southwest of Pine Belt MS. 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 700...



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



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