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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 894
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   145 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 145 AM UNTIL 600 AM 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 ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO
   75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI.
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 890...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 888. WATCH NUMBER 890 888
   WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 145 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 891...WW
   892...WW 893...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE IS CROSSING THE MS RIVER INTO
   MS...WHILE SEVERAL SEVERE CELLS CONTINUE AHEAD OF LINE.  POTENTIAL
   FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PERSIST IN THIS
   REGION FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART