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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 155

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

645 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western Mississippi



* Effective this Wednesday night from 645 PM until Midnight CDT.



* 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...An line of intense thunderstorms over Louisiana will track

eastward across the watch area this evening, posing a risk of

damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and hail.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Greenwood

MS to 35 miles east southeast of Natchez MS. 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 153...WW 154...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Hart

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