Tornado Watch 92

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUMA
LOUISIANA TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 91
...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY ACROSS WRN MS WITH APPROACH OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH.
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW SERN AR WILL TRACK NEWD INTO NRN MS WITH
ENHANCEMENT OF LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN WARM SECTOR ACROSS MUCH OF MS.
SUPERCELLS INCLUDING TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME LIKELY
BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP EWD ACROSS WATCH AREA.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...HALES
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE ATTALA
BOLIVAR CALHOUN CARROLL
CHICKASAW CHOCTAW CLAIBORNE
CLARKE CLAY COPIAH
COVINGTON FORREST FRANKLIN
GEORGE GREENE GRENADA
HANCOCK HARRISON HINDS
HOLMES HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA
JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON DAVIS JONES KEMPER
LAMAR LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
LEAKE LEFLORE LINCOLN
LOWNDES MADISON MARION
MONROE MONTGOMERY NESHOBA
NEWTON NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA
PEARL RIVER PERRY PIKE
RANKIN SCOTT SHARKEY
SIMPSON SMITH STONE
SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE WALTHALL
WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE
WEBSTER WILKINSON WINSTON
YALOBUSHA YAZOO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 92 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 47 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH
HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS
LEAKE MADISON RANKIN
SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH
YAZOO
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER KEMPER
LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON
NOXUBEE WINSTON
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL GRENADA LEFLORE
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
BOLIVAR SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN
MARION
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COVINGTON FORREST JONES
LAMAR
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN
JEFFERSON
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ACKERMAN...ANGUILLA...BASSFIELD...
BAY SPRINGS...BELZONI...BRANDON...BROOKHAVEN...BROOKSVILLE...
BUDE...CANTON...CARROLLTON...CARTHAGE...CLEVELAND...COLLINS...
COLUMBIA...COLUMBUS..CONEHATTA...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DE KALB...
DECATUR...DURANT...EUPORA...FAYETTE...FOREST...GOODMAN...
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...HATTIESBURG...HAZLEHURST...
HEIDELBERG...INDIANOLA...ISOLA...JACKSON...KOSCIUSKO...LAUREL...
LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...LUMBERTON...MABEN...MACON...MADISON...
MAGEE...MATHISTON..MAYERSVILLE...MEADVILLE...MENDENHALL...
MERIDIAN...MONTICELLO...MORTON...MOUNT OLIVE...NATCHEZ...
NEW HEBRON...NEWTON...NORTH CARROLLTON...PEARL...PEARL RIVER...
PHILADELPHIA...PICKENS...PORT GIBSON...PRENTISS...PURVIS...
QUITMAN...RALEIGH...RICHLAND...RIDGELAND..ROLLING FORK...ROXIE...
RULEVILLE...SCOOBA...SHUBUTA...STARKVILLE...STONEWALL..
TAYLORSVILLE...TCHULA...UNION...VAIDEN...VICKSBURG...WEIR...
WESSON...WEST HATTIESBURG...WEST POINT...WINONA AND YAZOO CITY.
TORNADO WATCH 91 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
ASHLEY CHICOT
IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 PARISHES
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
CATAHOULA CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL
FRANKLIN MADISON MOREHOUSE
RICHLAND TENSAS WEST CARROLL
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...CROSSETT...DELHI...
DERMOTT...EPPS...EUDORA...FERRIDAY..HAMBURG...HARRISONBURG...
JONESVILLE...LAKE PROVIDENCE...LAKE VILLAGE...NEWELLTON...
NORTH CROSSETT...OAK GROVE...RAYVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...TALLULAH...
VIDALIA...WATERPROOF...WEST CROSSETT...
WEST FERRIDAY AND WINNSBORO.