URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 215 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CST. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD FROM LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES...DAMAGING GUSTS...AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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 5... 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 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030. ...THOMPSONRead more
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