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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 390

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  FAR EASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM 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 35

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF

NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES EAST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 387...WW

388...WW 389...



DISCUSSION...A RELATIVELY ORGANIZED BAND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED

TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR

EASTERN LA INTO SOUTHERN MS/SOUTHWEST AL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN

A POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO SEVERE HAIL WITH THE MORE DISCRETE

STORMS ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE.



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 31030.





...GUYER

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