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WWUS20 KWNS 041025

SEL2

SPC WW 041025

LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-041800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 525 AM UNTIL

  100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL

CITY LOUISIANA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...WW 60...WW

61...



DISCUSSION...EXISTING COLD FRONTAL AND PRE-FRONTAL TSTMS EXPECTED TO

FURTHER CONSOLIDATE INTO A SE-MOVING LINE AS COLD FRONT OVER NW LA

CONTINUES STEADILY SEWD. RESIDUAL BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG WSWLY

MID-LVL FLOW AND ASSOCIATED STEEP MID-LVL LAPSE RATES MAY CONTINUE

TO SUPPORT A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/SMALL BOWS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DMGG

WIND AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 28030.





...CORFIDI

