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WWUS20 KWNS 232222

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MSZ000-240600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MC

COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 58...



DISCUSSION...THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASING CONDUCIVE TO

SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  AS LOW-LEVEL WIND

FIELDS STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...STORMS MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...KERR

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204 

WWUS20 KWNS 232222

SEL9

SPC WW 232222

MSZ000-240600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 59

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF MC

COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 58...



DISCUSSION...THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING INCREASING CONDUCIVE TO

SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  AS LOW-LEVEL WIND

FIELDS STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...STORMS MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...KERR

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