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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS
EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AHEAD A SQUALL LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MORE
INTENSE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SUPERCELLULAR AND POSE A RISK FOR
TORNADOES, A COUPLE OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG. SCATTERED DAMAGING
GUSTS AND A RISK FOR A TORNADO WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SQUALL LINE
AS IT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF OXFORD MS TO
75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA LA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).
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 1...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...SMITH
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