Tornado Watch (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 64...
DISCUSSION...AS AN UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER EAST
TX AND THE ARKLATEX THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN/MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES.
AS THIS OCCURS...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN IN TANDEM
WITH A NORTHWARD-MOVING WARM FRONT AND AN INCREASINGLY MOISTURE-RICH
AIRMASS. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG
TORNADO ASIDE FROM DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL.
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