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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 830...
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN SE LA/SRN MS IN
THE WARM SECTOR...IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF MLCAPE 750 J/KG PER THE 18Z
SLIDELL SOUNDING. VERTICAL SHEAR IS QUITE STRONG IN THE WARM
SECTOR...WITH THE GREATEST LOW-LEVEL SHEAR FOCUSED ALONG THE MARINE
FRONT LIFTING SLOWLY NWD ACROSS SRN MS. GIVEN THE STRONG SHEAR AND
RICH MOISTURE...A FEW SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.
...THOMPSON
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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW1
WW 831 TORNADO LA MS 161920Z - 170200Z
AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
20ENE JAN/JACKSON MS/ - 30ESE BTR/BATON ROUGE LA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /21ESE JAN - 31NW MSY/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.
LAT...LON 32418855 30368951 30369186 32419095
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU1.
Watch 831 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 831
VALID 162145Z - 162240Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2126
..TAYLOR..10/16/06
ATTN...WFO...LIX...JAN...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 831
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-103-105-117-121-125-162240-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ASCENSION EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA
IBERVILLE LIVINGSTON POINTE COUPEE
ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA
WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA
$$
MSC001-005-021-023-029-031-035-037-049-061-063-065-067-073-075-
077-085-089-091-101-109-113-121-123-127-129-147-149-157-
162240-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE CLAIBORNE
CLARKE COPIAH COVINGTON
FORREST FRANKLIN HINDS
JASPER JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS
JONES LAMAR LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE LINCOLN MADISON
MARION NEWTON PEARL RIVER
PIKE RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH WALTHALL
WARREN WILKINSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 831
VALID 162030Z - 162140Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..TAYLOR..10/16/06
ATTN...WFO...LIX...JAN...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 831
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-103-105-117-121-125-162140-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ASCENSION EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA
IBERVILLE LIVINGSTON POINTE COUPEE
ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA
WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA
$$
MSC001-005-021-023-029-031-035-037-049-061-063-065-067-073-075-
077-085-089-091-101-109-113-121-123-127-129-147-149-157-
162140-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE CLAIBORNE
CLARKE COPIAH COVINGTON
FORREST FRANKLIN HINDS
JASPER JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS
JONES LAMAR LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE LINCOLN MADISON
MARION NEWTON PEARL RIVER
PIKE RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH WALTHALL
WARREN WILKINSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 831
VALID 161950Z - 162040Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..TAYLOR..10/16/06
ATTN...WFO...LIX...JAN...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 831
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-103-105-117-121-125-162040-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
ASCENSION EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA
IBERVILLE LIVINGSTON POINTE COUPEE
ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA
WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA
$$
MSC001-005-021-023-029-031-035-037-049-061-063-065-067-073-075-
077-085-089-091-101-109-113-121-123-127-129-147-149-157-
162040-
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE CLAIBORNE
CLARKE COPIAH COVINGTON
FORREST FRANKLIN HINDS
JASPER JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS
JONES LAMAR LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE LINCOLN MADISON
MARION NEWTON PEARL RIVER
PIKE RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH WALTHALL
WARREN WILKINSON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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