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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 355
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Louisiana
  Northeast Texas

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe thunderstorms over northeast
Texas will track eastward across the watch area this evening, posing
a risk of locally damaging winds and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Shreveport LA to 15 miles north northeast of Natchitoches LA. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 352...WW 353...WW 354...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Hart