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Tornado Watch 334
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SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 334
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE
LOUISIANA TO 90 MILES WEST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 330...WW 331...WW
332...WW 333...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT
1-2 HOURS ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT MOVING SEWD ACROSS E TX AND NW LA.
THE 17Z SHV SOUNDING SHOWS THAT LOW-LEVEL ASCENT IS WEAKENING THE
CAP...AND THAT INSTABILITY IS STRONG IN THE WARM SECTOR. WIND
PROFILES APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SPLITTING SUPERCELLS...WHICH MAY FAVOR
MANY STORM INTERACTIONS ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE
THREATS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL WITH ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS...AS
WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR BEFORE
CONVECTION EVOLVES INTO MORE OF A LINE ALONG THE FRONT BY LATE
AFTERNOON.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.
...THOMPSON
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