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WWUS20 KWNS 282225

SEL9

SPC WW 282225

ALZ000-ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-290500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 389

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN ALABAMA

  FAR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 525 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN

MISSISSIPPI.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 385...WW 386...WW

387...WW 388...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO

INCREASE/ORGANIZE AND OTHERWISE SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE

EVENING FROM SOUTHEAST AR/NORTH-CENTRAL MS INTO ADDITIONAL PORTIONS

OF CENTRAL MS/NORTHEAST LA AND WESTERN AL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A

CONCERN ASIDE FROM BOUTS OF SEVERE HAIL.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31025.





...GUYER

