WW 558 TORNADO LA MS CW 291725Z – 300000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 558 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1225 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Louisiana Southern Mississippi Coastal Waters * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM until 700 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Initially weakly rotating showers and thunderstorms should intensify this afternoon into early evening, as they slowly move northeast. Tornadoes and locally damaging winds are the primary threats. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of Pine Belt MS to 60 miles southeast of New Orleans LA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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. && AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 21020. ...Grams
