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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 37

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

535 PM CDT Thu Apr 4 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West-central and southwestern Louisiana

  Southeast Texas

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 535 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms have gradually developed and expanded in

both coverage and intensity across the area, and this trend may

continue for a few more hours.  Hail is the main threat, though

isolated damaging gusts are also possible.  A tornado cannot be

ruled out, mainly over a narrow subset of the watch near an outflow

boundary.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles west northwest

of Natchitoches LA to 30 miles south of Lake Charles LA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28025.



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