Tornado Watch 10

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 9
...
DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS DEVELOP SWRN MS IN A FAVORABLE
SHEAR/INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT. WITH THE AIR MASS NOW MODERATELY
UNSTABLE EWD TO AL BORDER...CONDITIONS FOR THIS STORM AND POSSIBLE
OTHER STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE NOW MOVING EWD INTO WRN MS
APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR BOTH SEVERE INCLUDING TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE
ENEWD ACROSS THE WATCH.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
...HALES
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ATTALA CHOCTAW CLAIBORNE
CLARKE CLAY COPIAH
HINDS JASPER JEFFERSON
KEMPER LAUDERDALE LEAKE
LOWNDES MADISON NESHOBA
NEWTON NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA
RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON
SMITH WARREN WINSTON
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 10 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH
HINDS LEAKE MADISON
RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON
SMITH
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER KEMPER
LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON
NOXUBEE WINSTON
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
CLAIBORNE JEFFERSON
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WARREN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ACKERMAN...BAY SPRINGS...BRANDON...
BROOKSVILLE...CANTON...CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...CONEHATTA...
CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DE KALB...DECATUR...FAYETTE...FOREST...
HAZLEHURST...HEIDELBERG...JACKSON..KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...
MACON...MADISON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...MERIDIAN...MORTON...
NEWTON...PEARL...PEARL RIVER...PHILADELPHIA...PORT GIBSON...
QUITMAN...RALEIGH...RICHLAND...RIDGELAND...SCOOBA...SHUBUTA..
STARKVILLE...STONEWALL...TAYLORSVILLE...UNION...VICKSBURG...
WEIR...WESSON AND WEST POINT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 341 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRAZIL TO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEBB...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON TO 9
MILES SOUTH OF RULEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
POPE...PAYNES...ENID...BATESVILLE...ENDVILLE...SCOBEY...VELMA AND
COFFEEVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST
FOR EASTERN TALLAHATCHIE...WESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHERN PANOLA
COUNTIES...
AT 415 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PAYNES...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESVILLE TO 17
MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ENDVILLE...OAKLAND...TILLATOBA...SCOBEY...COFFEEVILLE AND VELMA.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRENADA...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 431 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM NEAR GRENADA TO 7 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELLIOTT AND DUCK HILL BY 445 PM CST...
GORE SPRINGS BY 455 PM CST...
MISTERTON AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SWEATMAN BY 500 PM CST...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.