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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 34

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 535 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE

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

BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 32. WATCH NUMBER 32 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 535

PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 33...



DISCUSSION...UNTIL A STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET WEAKENS AND

DEVELOPS EAST OF THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING...THE RISK FOR

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CONTINUES ACROSS THE

REGION.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...KERR/THOMPSON

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