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WWUS20 KWNS 182053
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SPC WW 182053
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 711
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS AND POSE A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF NATCHITOCHES LA TO 90
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT POLK LA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
...SMITH
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