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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 545

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL

  400 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING

INTO AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES

AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS.

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 543...WW 544...



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...MEAD

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