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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 48
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN ORGANIZING BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
FORECAST TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WATCH THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND A TORNADO RISK
WILL PROBABLY ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE PORTIONS OF THE SQUALL
LINE. ADDITIONALLY, A COUPLE OF SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE BAND ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE AND MAY YIELD AN ALL HAZARD RISK.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MS TO 25
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LA. 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 45...WW 47...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...SMITH
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