It comes as far east as the NW Alabama border with Mississippi but it does not include any part of Alabama so far.
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN LOUISIANA
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL
400 PM CST.
TORNADOES…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 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING ALONG LOW
LEVEL JET AXIS ACROSS LA/AR THIS MORNING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME SURFACE-BASED AND INTENSIFY BY MID MORNING AS THEY SPREAD
INTO MS. FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
TORNADOES…DAMAGING WINDS…AND HAIL.
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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
…HART
