New Tornado Watch To The West

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 754
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010

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

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 445 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER…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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 753…

DISCUSSION…SCATTERED WARM SECTOR CONVECTION WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE EVENING FROM SE LA NNEWD INTO CENTRAL MS. AS THESE STORMS
SLOWLY DEEPEN WITH INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE…THE POTENTIAL
WILL LIKEWISE INCREASE FOR STRENGTHENING STORM ROTATION AND AN
ATTENDANT RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. THE MOST PROBABLE TORNADO
THREAT AREA WILL BE AS STORM INTERACT WITH THE NWD MOVING WARM FRONT
IN MS…WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS STRONGEST.

AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

Category: Severe Weather