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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 153

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

935 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  FAR EAST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 935 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF

FORT POLK LOUISIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA

LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 151...WW 152...



DISCUSSION...A BOWING LINE SEGMENT THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SEVERE HAILSTONES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD

ACROSS WESTERN AND CNTRL LOUISIANA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE

OVERNIGHT PERIOD.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...BROYLES

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