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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 512

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

  SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 455 AM UNTIL NOON CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TWO BANDS OF CONVECTION -- ONE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM

NORTHERN ALABAMA TO OFFSHORE THE LOUISIANA COAST...THE OTHER A

SMALLER LINE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

-- WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING GUSTS AND MOSTLY SMALL/BRIEF

TORNADOES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS WHILE CROSSING

THE WATCH AREA.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES

EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LA TO 55

MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MS. 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 508. WATCH NUMBER 508 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

455 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 511...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN

STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.



...EDWARDS

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