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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 367
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
335 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Louisiana
  East Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until
  900 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...A thunderstorm cluster associated with an mid-level
disturbance will likely continue east across eastern portions of
Texas into northwest Louisiana this afternoon into the evening.  A
belt of enhanced mid-level flow coupled with a warm and unstable
airmass ahead of these thunderstorms, will probably sustain this
thunderstorm cluster into the evening.  The stronger thunderstorm
cores will be potentially capable of locally severe and damaging
gusts and possibly large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest
of Tyler TX to 20 miles north northeast of Natchitoches LA. 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 365...WW 366...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Smith