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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 94

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1205 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Louisiana

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM until

  600 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of elevated storms from this morning will begin

to evolve into more surface-based storms this afternoon while moving

southeastward with an increasing threat for occasional damaging

winds across southeast Louisiana, including the New Orleans area.

Otherwise, large hail will continue to be a threat with the

strongest storms through the afternoon.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northwest of New

Orleans LA to 55 miles southwest of Boothville LA. 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.



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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 550. Mean storm motion vector

30025.



...Thompson

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