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WWUS20 KWNS 100322

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SPC WW 100322

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 86

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1025 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Alabama

  Central to eastern Louisiana

  Southern to eastern Mississippi



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1025 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Long-lived, but slow-moving QLCS should sag southeast in

the near-term. This should intensify overnight as the surface front

approaches.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles east southeast

of Meridian MS to 30 miles southwest of Alexandria LA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 80...WW 81...WW 82...WW

83...WW 84...WW 85...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Grams

