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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 975
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
955 PM CST WED NOV 26 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM UNTIL 300 AM CST.

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 ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 974. WATCH NUMBER 974 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 955 PM CST.


DISCUSSION...WIND PROFILES HAVE INCREASED AND ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT SRN LA AHEAD OF AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WRN LA. AS VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVES INLAND TORNADIC SUPERCELL POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EWD ACROSS SRN LA.

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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


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