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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OF STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND

ADJACENT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING.  THE STRONGEST STORMS

WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE

HAIL...WITH A TORNADO OR TWO ALSO POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF PINE BELT

MISSISSIPPI TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 65...



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 24035.





...GOSS

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