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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED-NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND

INTENSIFY FROM EAST TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE

STRONGEST STORMS WILL POSE A RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES...IN ADDITION

TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF

NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR

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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...THOMPSON

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