TS Cindy - TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 A.M. CDT

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As with all landfalling tropical systems, the threat of tornadoes is high.
Expect this watch to be continued later and extended NE as the storm
makes landfall.




URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 607
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005

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

FAR SOUTHERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 245 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HOUMA
LOUISIANA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 605...WW 606...

DISCUSSION...ENVIRONMENT EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE
FOR A THREAT OF TORNADOES INTO SERN LA/SRN MS/SRN AL THROUGH THE
EVENING AS T.S. CINDY NEARS. BACKING SURFACE WINDS AND PRESSURE
FALLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND MAY SUPPORT A FEW
TORNADOES AS STRONGER CELLS ROTATE INLAND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17030.


...EVANS