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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 38

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 PM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and southern Louisiana

  Southern Mississippi

  Southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 850 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Extensive west-east oriented line of storms will shift

southeast overnight with the primary hazard being damaging winds. A

brief tornado or two is possible, primarily across central portions

of Louisiana this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of

Port Arthur TX to 45 miles northeast of Gulfport MS. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 36...WW 37...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Grams

