URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 111 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 450 PM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeastern Louisiana Central and southern Mississippi * Effective this Sunday afternoon and Monday morning from 450 PM until 200 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...The tornado and organized severe-wind threat will increase through the remainder of this evening as a warm front moves across the region ahead of a line of thunderstorms initially in Louisiana. That line will sweep into the watch area, absorbing nearby supercells and generating its own circulations, with embedded tornadoes possible. A few separate supercells also should occur ahead of the line, offering tornadoes and isolated large hail. See SPC mesoscale discussion 405 for initial meteorological reasoning. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east southeast of Baton Rouge LA to 40 miles east northeast of Greenwood MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 110... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector 23030. ...EdwardsRead more
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