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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 97
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 97
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   935 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
   INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
   WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...ONGOING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NRN LA WILL LIKELY
   EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY AS THE
   WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NWD ACROSS LA/SRN MS.  THOUGH LOW-LEVEL
   SHEAR WILL TEND TO WEAKEN WITH TIME...DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MODERATE
   INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES AND
   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
   HAIL THRONG THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   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 27030.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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