WW 5 TORNADO LA MS CW 121805Z – 130200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 5 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1205 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern and Central Louisiana Southern Mississippi Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM until 800 PM CST. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and increase into mid/late afternoon within a warm and increasingly moist environment. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes may occur through early evening. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles southwest of Fort Polk LA to Gulfport 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. && 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 23030. ...Guyer
