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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1110 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1110 AM UNTIL

  500 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND

SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM ENVIRONMENT GRADUALLY BECOMES

MORE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF BATON

ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA 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.



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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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...THOMPSON

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