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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD FROM

LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS

EVENING.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RISK OF A

FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING GUSTS...AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 5...



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 24030.





...THOMPSON

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