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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 592

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL

700 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

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

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MC COMB 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 591...



DISCUSSION...W-E ORIENTED BAND OF CONVECTION FROM S OF PIB TO S OF

GZH CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY WHILE DRIFTING SLOWLY NWD WITHIN A VERY

MOIST ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG.  GIVEN THE OVERLAP

OF THIS INSTABILITY WITH THE NRN PERIPHERY OF STRONGER WIND FIELD

ASSOCIATED WITH T.C. ISAAC...THE THREAT FOR MINI SUPERCELLS CAPABLE

OF TORNADOES SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 10040.





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