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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 12

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG

AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI

AND LOUISIANA.  A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR

TWO...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB 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 10. WATCH NUMBER 10 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 650

PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 9...WW 11...



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 24035.





...THOMPSON

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