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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...THOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO OR

TWO AND/OR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS NEAR

THE IMMEDIATE COAST.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

HOUMA LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 1...



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 23035.





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