New tornado watch, all the way to the MS/AL border.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 111
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM CDT Sun Apr 2 2017
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeastern Louisiana
Central and southern Mississippi
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and Monday morning from 450 PM
until 200 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...The tornado and organized severe-wind threat will increase
through the remainder of this evening as a warm front moves across
the region ahead of a line of thunderstorms initially in Louisiana.
That line will sweep into the watch area, absorbing nearby
supercells and generating its own circulations, with embedded
tornadoes possible. A few separate supercells also should occur
ahead of the line, offering tornadoes and isolated large hail. See
SPC mesoscale discussion 405 for initial meteorological reasoning.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
east and west of a line from 30 miles east southeast of Baton Rouge
LA to 40 miles east northeast of Greenwood MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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.