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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 274

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  EASTERN LOUISIANA

  SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE BELT

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 273...



DISCUSSION...A SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS GENERALLY

EASTWARD INTO A MOIST/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FROM SOUTHEAST MS/EASTERN

LA INTO SOUTHWEST AL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

CONCERN...BUT A TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE MOIST

ENVIRONMENT/MODEST LOW-LEVEL SHEAR.



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 26030.





...GUYER

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