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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN

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 WOU4).



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 58...WW 59...WW 60...WW

61...WW 62...WW 63...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS

EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE

AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. ISOLATED

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE

STRONGER STORMS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...DIAL

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