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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 30

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1155 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Louisiana

  Far southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1155 AM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A few discrete supercells should develop along and just

ahead of the cold front pushing east from southeast Texas. The

greatest tornado threat is expected towards central Louisiana during

the late afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of Fort Polk LA to

50 miles south southwest of Lake Charles LA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 26...WW 27...WW 28...WW

29...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Grams

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