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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 549

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF A SQUALL LINE ONGOING OVER THE

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  WHILE DAMAGING

STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE

CHARLES LOUISIANA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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...WW

547...WW 548...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...MEAD

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