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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 243

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 640 PM UNTIL 1100 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 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PINE BELT

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 232...WW 235...WW

236...WW 237...WW 238...WW 239...WW 240...WW 241...WW 242...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS NEAR MEI AND NE OF MCB WILL CONTINUE TO

IMPACT THE WW AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ENVIRONMENT REMAINS

SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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 24040.





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