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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 615 AM UNTIL
200 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE
BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF HOUMA LOUISIANA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...

DISCUSSION...SSW-NNE LA SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING GENERALLY
ENEWD /WITH FORWARD PROPAGATION FOSTERED BY ESELY LOW-LVL
FLOW/...WHILE DEVELOPING NNEWD...AS LOW WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT
CONTINUE TO ITS EAST. GRAZING INFLUENCE OF HEIGHT FALLS/UPR
DIFLUENCE ASSOCIATED NEWD EJECTION OF TX UPR VORT ALSO MAY ASSIST
CONVECTIVE SYSTEM STRENGTH/DURATION. CHARACTER OF LOW-LVL HODOGRAPHS
AND AVAILABILITY OF SEASONABLY RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE SUGGEST
CONTINUED RISK FOR EMBEDDED LEWPS/CIRCULATIONS...SOME POSSIBLY WITH
DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES /SEE MCD 6/.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.


...CORFIDI