re: Tornado Watch until 3 AM - LA/MS/ARK

Tornado watch issued til 3 AM:



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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL
CITY LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 37...WW 38...WW 39...WW
40...

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SVR TSTMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF WW AREA
LATER TNGT THROUGH EARLY SAT AS LARGE-SCALE ASCENT INCREASES WITH
THE CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT OF SE TX SHORTWAVE TROUGH. APPROACH OF
THE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN MID/UPR-LVL FLOW ACROSS
REGION...SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS
WITHIN THE E TX SQLN AND WITH STORMS ALONG STALLED BOUNDARY OVER SE
AR AND VICINITY. COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW-LVL
MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY FROM SW AND S CNTRL LA NNEWD INTO SE AR/W
CNTRL MS...SETUP COULD SUPPORT A COUPLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO
LARGE HAIL/DMGG WIND.

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 27035.