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Tornado Watch 95
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WW0095 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   800 AM CDT THU APR 11 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 800 AM UNTIL
   300 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 90 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA
   LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE
   WATCH AREA THIS MORNING AS FORCING FOR ASCENT STRENGTHENS AHEAD OF
   SHORT-WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM SRN TX.  CONTINUED
   HEATING/MOISTENING OF THE PRE-FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD
   GRADUALLY REMOVE THE CAP OBSERVED BY THE 12Z REGIONAL
   SOUNDINGS...YIELDING MLCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG.  WHEN COUPLED WITH
   MODERATELY STRONG LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR /SEE 12Z JAN
   SOUNDING/...THE SETUP WILL SUPPORT A MIXTURE OF BOWING AND SUPERCELL
   STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   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 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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