NOTE: This watch extends as far east as the Alabama border.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
400 PM CDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 1.5 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 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 762…
DISCUSSION…SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NEWD
ACROSS NRN MS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON…WITH ENHANCED RISK OF
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND JUST TO ITS SOUTH. PRIMARY MODE WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE SMALL BOW ECHOES/LEWP STRUCTURES WITHIN THE
LINE…WITH MAIN THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER…VERY STRONG
SHEAR AND POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED BACK SURFACE WIND FIELD NEAR THE
SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO SUSTAIN A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SHOULD
AN ISOLATED CELL SURVIVE AHEAD OF THE LINE…IT WOULD ALSO CARRY A
RISK OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
…EVANS
