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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 522

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 AM CDT MON OCT 26 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THE MISSISSIPPI COAST

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 205 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SMALL ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND

MOVE NWD FROM THE MS SOUND INTO THE COASTAL MS COUNTIES THROUGH THE

EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 521. WATCH NUMBER 521 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

205 AM CDT.



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 18035.





...THOMPSON

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