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745 

WWUS20 KWNS 212319

SEL8

SPC WW 212319

MSZ000-220500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CST.



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 40 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 37...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED W OF HEZ AND JUST SW OF

JAN...ALONG OR JUST TO THE N OF A WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THROUGH SRN

MS.  GIVEN THE MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION INVOF OF WARM FRONT WHICH

IS COINCIDENT WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...THE

POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A

TORNADO OR TWO.



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 25035.





...MEAD

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263 

WWUS20 KWNS 212319

SEL8

SPC WW 212319

MSZ000-220500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CST.



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 40 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ

MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 37...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED W OF HEZ AND JUST SW OF

JAN...ALONG OR JUST TO THE N OF A WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THROUGH SRN

MS.  GIVEN THE MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION INVOF OF WARM FRONT WHICH

IS COINCIDENT WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...THE

POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A

TORNADO OR TWO.



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 25035.





...MEAD

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