STORM2K

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
MISSISSIPPI AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1106 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST.

MSC023-061-061000-
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER
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MSC031-035-039-041-045-047-059-067-073-091-109-111-131-147-153-
061000-
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
WALTHALL PEARL RIVER GEORGE STONE
HANCOCK JACKSON HARRISON COVINGTON
JONES PERRY GREENE FORREST
LAMAR MARION WAYNE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1055 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

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

CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ANNISTON ALABAMA TO 25 MILES
SOUTH OF HOUMA 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...CONTINUE...WW 7...


DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE MCS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE EWD DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AS SURFACE PRESSURES RISES INCREASE OVER THE LWR MS
VLY...APPARENTLY IN RESPONSE TO UPPER IMPULSE LIFTING NNE FROM THE
NWRN GULF. STRONG DEEP SHEAR ORIENTED PARALLEL TO CONVECTIVE BAND
SHOULD REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH
SMALL SCALE BOWS/ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...CORFIDI