Tornado Watch 321

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 321
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MC
COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES
LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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...WITH A VERY MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS SRN
LA...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. 40-50KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF
SUPERCELLS INCLUDING THREAT OF TORNADOES.
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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
..HALES
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS AMITE FRANKLIN
JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN
MARION PIKE WALTHALL
WILKINSON