***PDS TORNADO WATCH FOR MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM***

[Brent]

This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
835 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 835 PM UNTIL
400 AM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TUPELO
MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 88. WATCH NUMBER 88 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 835
PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 87...WW 89...WW 90...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND
INTENSIFYING INVOF SURFACE WARM FRONT ROUGHLY PARALLELING I-20.
OTHER STORMS /INCLUDING ONE OR TWO LEFT MOVERS/ MAY SPREAD NNEWD
INTO RECOVERING BNDRY LAYER ENVIRONMENT OVER THE N CNTRL PART OF THE
STATE. STRENGTHENING LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD MAINTAIN TORNADO
THREAT INTO THE NIGHT.