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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 510 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF STRONG/LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING

ROTATING/BOWING SEGMENTS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD ACROSS SERN TX/LA

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND

ISOLATED/MARGINAL HAIL OCCURRENCES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE

RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT

ARTHUR TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



&&



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 24030.





...GOSS

