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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 151
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WW0151 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 151
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   335 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     WESTERN LOUISIANA
     SOUTHEAST TEXAS
     COASTAL WATERS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   TYLER TEXAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 150...
   
   DISCUSSION...E CNTRL TX MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS/SUSTAINED
   STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE MAINLY ESE THROUGH LATE EVE. SYSTEM WILL BE
   MAINTAINED BY PERSISTENT...MOIST SSELY 0-1 KM FLOW BENEATH 35-40 KT
   SW FLOW AHEAD OF S CNTRL TX UPR IMPULSE. SYSTEM MAY SOMEWHAT
   ACCELERATE WITH EWD EXTENT...AND BE AUGMENTED BY ADDITIONAL STORM
   DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH ITS N AND S ENDS. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DMGG
   WIND...SVR HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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