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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA

       SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 505 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

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



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE

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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 95...



DISCUSSION...N-S CONVECTIVE BAND /WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/ IS

EXPECTED TO MIGRATE VERY SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

MORNING...DOWNSTREAM FROM DEEP-LAYER CYCLONE OVER THE SRN PLAINS.

THE PRESENCE OF A 40+ KT SLY LLJ WILL MAINTAIN A FEED OF HIGH

THETA-E AIR INTO ONGOING STORMS...AS WELL AS ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL

SHEAR.  AS SUCH...A RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE.



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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.





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