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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

930 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 930 AM UNTIL 600

  PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER PARTS OF

LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...A FEW OF WHICH

COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...AND HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES 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.



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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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...CORFIDI

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