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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 81

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE

CHARLES LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 80...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON

ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST TX

INTO NORTHERN MS.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA

THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT FLOW

ALOFT WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED/SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS

AND HAIL.



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 25030.





...HART

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