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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 173
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
ACROSS THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
A FEW SUPERCELLS AND EVOLVING LINEAR CLUSTERS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE MS TO 35
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).
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 169...WW 170...WW
171...WW 172...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...GUYER
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