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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 225 AM UNTIL 800 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN AR

SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN LA WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.  SOME INTENSIFICATION OF THE LINE IS EXPECTED

EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES

POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD

MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...CONTINUE...WW 573...



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

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

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...HART

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