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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 335

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast Louisiana

  Southern Mississippi

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 940 AM until

  500 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of rotating thunderstorms over southeast

Louisiana will spread eastward today, with a continued risk of

locally damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles southwest of Boothville LA to

60 miles north northwest of Gulfport MS. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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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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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Hart

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