Full Notification

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 505
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
A SMALL PART OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS IN MISSISSIPPI WILL SPREAD
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING AND LIKELY BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS
AS FAR NORTHEAST AS ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE BY ABOUT 6-7 PM CST. AS
THE STORM ENVIRONMENT BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS...
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES
(ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI)...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MS
TO 90 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TUPELO MS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 504...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.