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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 227
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1155 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Louisiana
  Southern Mississippi

* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 1155 PM
  until 500 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms over central Louisiana will track
east-southeastward overnight across the watch area.  Damaging winds
will be possible with these storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west southwest
of Mc Comb MS to 45 miles northeast of Gulfport MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 224...WW 225...WW 226...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28035.

...Hart