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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 192

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

500 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Louisiana

  Southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 500 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A band of strong-severe thunderstorms near a cold front

will move southeastward across the watch area through the evening,

offering damaging gusts and large hail.  A tornado or two also may

occur near an outflow boundary over parts of southeast Texas and

southwestern Louisiana.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles either side of a line from 55 miles northwest of

Palacios TX to 25 miles northeast of Fort Polk LA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...This severe thunderstorm watch replaces

tornado watch number 190. Watch number 190 will not be in effect

after 500 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 191...



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

29025.



...Edwards

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