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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 365
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1125 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Louisiana
  Middle and Upper Texas Coastal Plain
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1125 AM until
  600 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this
afternoon across the Watch area.  The stronger thunderstorms will
potentially be capable of a risk for severe gusts and large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
Victoria TX to 45 miles east northeast of Port Arthur TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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AVIATION...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 600. Mean storm motion vector
26015.

...Smith