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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  EASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 64...



DISCUSSION...AS AN UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER EAST

TX AND THE ARKLATEX THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED

TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN/MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES.

AS THIS OCCURS...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN IN TANDEM

WITH A NORTHWARD-MOVING WARM FRONT AND AN INCREASINGLY MOISTURE-RICH

AIRMASS. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY

LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG

TORNADO ASIDE FROM DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL.



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 24035.





...GUYER

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