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Tornado Watch 867
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List of Counties in Watch 867 (WOU)
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 867
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1205 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CST.
   
   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 95 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON
   MISSISSIPPI TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 864...WW 865...WW 866...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING OVER LA
   IN MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
   TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT
   APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL POSE
   A RISK OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
   
   
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