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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 46

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

120 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

  WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE

  CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  EAST TEXAS

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGER

CELLS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





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