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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 42

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

110 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Western Louisiana

  East Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...An intense squall line over east Texas will track across

the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts

and some hail.  An isolated tornado is also possible along the

leading edge of the convection, as well as with the isolated cells

forming out ahead.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles northwest of

Port Arthur TX to 20 miles northeast of Alexandria LA. 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 41...



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

24035.



...Hart

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