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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN LOUISIANA

       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL

400 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING ALONG LOW

LEVEL JET AXIS ACROSS LA/AR THIS MORNING.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO

BECOME SURFACE-BASED AND INTENSIFY BY MID MORNING AS THEY SPREAD

INTO MS.  FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL

MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL.



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 24035.





...HART

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