WWUS20 KWNS 290101 SEL0 SPC WW 290101 ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-290600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 390 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 805 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FAR EASTERN LOUISIANA SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES EAST OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 385...WW 387...WW 388...WW 389... DISCUSSION...A RELATIVELY ORGANIZED BAND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR EASTERN LA INTO SOUTHERN MS/SOUTHWEST AL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO SEVERE HAIL WITH THE MORE DISCRETE STORMS ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31030. ...GUYER