MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0008
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0833 PM CST THU JAN 04 2007
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...SE LA...SRN MS
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 1...
   
   VALID 050233Z - 050400Z
   
   THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING
   ACROSS SE LA AND SRN MS. A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO
   REPLACE TORNADO WATCH 1.
   
   A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED FROM NEAR LAKE PONCHARTRAIN
   EXTENDING SWD TO THE LA COAST. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE HAS WEAKENED SOME
   OVER THE LAST HOUR...THE WIND SHEAR ENVIRONMENT SHOWN ON WSR-88D
   VWPS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA STILL APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.
   AS THE LINE MOVES EWD LATE THIS EVENING...AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT
   WILL EXIST WITH ROTATING CELLS IN THE LINE. ALSO...A WIND DAMAGE
   THREAT MAY EXIST WITH THE MORE-ORGANIZED ROTATING STORMS.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 01/05/2007
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MOB...JAN...LIX...
   
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