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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 107

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  South-central and eastern Louisiana

  Southern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms may evolve into a couple

discrete supercells with a risk for all hazards. The greatest

tornado threat should be near the Mississippi-Louisiana border area

in the late afternoon to early evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of Lafayette LA to

35 miles south of Pine Belt MS. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 106...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Grams

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