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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 453

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Louisiana

  Southwest Mississippi

  Far East Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 900 PM

  until 800 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely



SUMMARY...Hurricane Laura will approach the coast and make landfall

tonight, with a very strong low-level wind field overspreading the

region, accounting for the possibility of tornadoes through late

tonight and the morning hours of Thursday.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 110 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles northeast of Natchitoches LA

to 45 miles south southeast of Intracoastal City LA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 452...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 15030.



...Guyer

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