645  
WWUS20 KWNS 281335  
SEL8  
SPC WW 281335  
LAZ000-MSZ000-TXZ000-282100-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 718  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
735 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2024  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
LOUISIANA  
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI  
EAST TEXAS  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 735 AM UNTIL  
300 PM CST.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2  
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...SEVERAL REGENERATIVE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED  
TO FORM IN THE WARM SECTOR AND SHIFT NORTHWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD OVER  
THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON, WITH TORNADOES, DAMAGING  
GUSTS AND SPORADIC LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THOUGH THE GREATER  
STRONG-TORNADO THREAT MAY BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, A FEW  
ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION, IN THE MEANTIME.  
 
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES  
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN TX  
TO 65 MILES EAST OF MC COMB MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE  
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).  
 
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.  
 

 
 
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 717...  
 
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 23025.  
 
...EDWARDS  
 
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