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WWUS20 KWNS 180320
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SPC WW 180320
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 348
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1020 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1020
PM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD INLAND
INTO THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND ENLARGING
HODOGRAPHS INTO THE OVERNIGHT WILL SUPPORT A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HOUMA LA
TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT 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 344...WW 347...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 20030.
...SMITH
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