Tornado Watch 785

Issued

Oct 13, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)

Expired

Oct 13, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 785
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
746 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA                          
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI                        
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 800 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO
45 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS AFB MISSISSIPPI.

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 784...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD AROUND 30 KT TO NEAR
THE MS RIVER...WHILE ADDITIONAL CELLS ARE DEVELOPING E OF THE LINE. 
BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE 70S ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS...AND VERTICAL SHEAR IS
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.  EXPECT A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND
PERHAPS ISOLATED LARGE HAIL TO PERSIST WITH THE LINE...AS WELL AS
THE THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES WITH BOWING SEGMENTS AND ISOLATED
STORMS E OF THE LINE. 


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.


...THOMPSON

333,0881 292,0904 292,0924 333,0901

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