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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 72

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE

CHARLES LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MS THIS

AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/INCREASE

ESPECIALLY IN VICINITY OF A RETREATING WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN

PORTIONS OF LA/MS. VEERING WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS

WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ESPECIALLY IN VICINITY OF THE WARM

FRONT...WITH SEVERE HAIL/ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE AS WELL.



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 25020.





...GUYER/HART

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