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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

615 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 615 AM UNTIL

200 PM CST.



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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE

BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.  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 1...



DISCUSSION...SSW-NNE LA SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING GENERALLY

ENEWD /WITH FORWARD PROPAGATION FOSTERED BY ESELY LOW-LVL

FLOW/...WHILE DEVELOPING NNEWD...AS LOW WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT

CONTINUE TO ITS EAST. GRAZING INFLUENCE OF HEIGHT FALLS/UPR

DIFLUENCE ASSOCIATED NEWD EJECTION OF TX UPR VORT ALSO MAY ASSIST

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM STRENGTH/DURATION. CHARACTER OF LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS

AND AVAILABILITY OF SEASONABLY RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST

CONTINUED RISK FOR EMBEDDED LEWPS/CIRCULATIONS...SOME POSSIBLY WITH

DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES /SEE MCD 6/.



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 22035.





...CORFIDI

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