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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THIS

EVENING AND OVERNIGHT OVER PARTS OF LA AND MS...MOVING INTO AL.  VERY

STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW

TORNADOES.  A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES

EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE LA TO 30

MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF

THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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 504...WW 505...WW

506...WW 507...



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 25035.



...HART

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