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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 160

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Louisiana

  Southeast Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and Monday morning from 545 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of intense thunderstorms over eastern Texas will

move eastward this evening across the watch area.  The stronger

cores will pose a risk of hail and damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west of Fort

Polk LA to 30 miles east of Alexandria LA. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 157...WW 158...WW 159...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

27030.



...Hart

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