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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 547

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  EASTERN LOUISIANA

  WESTERN MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING TO THE WEST OF THE

REGION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE

SQUALL LINE BEFORE EVENTUALLY MERGING WITH IT.  DAMAGING

STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE

STRONGEST STORMS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 545...WW 546...



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





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