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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF PORT

ARTHUR TEXAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...CONTINUE...WW 63...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SABINE RIVER VALLEY

ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PROGRESSIVELY SURFACE BASED AS THEY MOVE EAST

AND ENCOUNTER A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD. THE AIR MASS TO THE

SOUTH OF THIS FRONT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND GIVEN THE STRONG

VERTICAL SHEAR ALONG THE FRONT...SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A RISK

FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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