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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 162
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  South central and southwest Louisiana
  Extreme southwest Mississippi
  Southeast Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday morning from 155 AM until 900 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A large convective cluster will continue to develop slowly
southeastward through the early morning hours across southeast Texas
and southwest/south central Louisiana.  Embedded bowing segments
will pose the threat for occasional damaging winds up to 65 mph, and
the stronger embedded cells could produce isolated large hail near 1
inch in diameter.  An isolated tornado or two may also occur with
circulations embedded in the larger band of storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west northwest
of Port Arthur TX to 50 miles east of Lafayette LA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 160...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30015.

...Thompson