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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

755 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN LOUISIANA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 755 AM

  UNTIL 300 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A WELL-ORGANIZED ARC OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...AND

INTO AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON...OFFERING DAMAGING GUSTS.

ISOLATED...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ALSO IS POSSIBLE...AND A BRIEF

TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON

MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 114...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 26040.





...EDWARDS

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