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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 950 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI.  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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DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ENE ALONG STALLED

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SRN LA AND MS INTO THIS AFTN AS

MODERATE...MOISTURE-RICH INFLOW CONTINUES INTO REGION. CURRENT SFC

AND RADAR DATA SUGGEST THAT THE BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN QSTNRY

THROUGH THE DAY...SERVING AS FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT

AND FOR STORM MERGERS AS DEEPER WIND SHIFT/SURGE OF WLY FLOW NOW IN

SW LA CONTINUES EWD. WHILE LOW-LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL NOT BE

PARTICULARLY STRONG /0-1 SRH UP TO 200 M2 PER S2/...GIVEN VERY MOIST

INFLOW...SEASONABLY STRONG/VERTICALLY-VEERING MID-UPR LVL FLOW...AND

THE LIKELIHOOD FOR STORMS TO REMAIN WITHIN VORTICITY-RICH ZONE ALONG

STALLED BOUNDARY...A RISK WILL EXIST FOR  INTERMITTENT LOW-LVL

CIRCULATIONS/POSSIBLE SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24020.





...CORFIDI

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