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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 296

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

710 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central and eastern Louisiana

  Far southwest Mississippi

  Southeast Texas



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 710 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...An intense southeastward-moving line of storms will

continue to spread into additional parts of central/southern

Louisiana, southeast Texas and far western Mississippi this evening.

Corridors of damaging winds will be the primary concern, but some

large hail and possibly even a line-embedded tornado could occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 90 miles west southwest

of Fort Polk LA to 25 miles south southeast of Natchez MS. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 293...WW 294...WW 295...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

29035.



...Guyer

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