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WWUS20 KWNS 280715

SEL6

SPC WW 280715

MSZ000-281000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 86

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 35 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE

BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 84...WW 85...



DISCUSSION...EXTENSION OF TORNADO WATCH 83.  STRONG TO SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AHEAD OF

STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT.  LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS

WILL ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES...WITH ADDITIONAL THREAT OF ISOLATED

TORNADOES GIVEN THE STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN PLACE.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EVANS

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