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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 288
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WW0288 Radar
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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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   250 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL 800
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST
   OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ANGLETON
   TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ACROSS
   WATCH AREA AS SURFACE BOUNDARIES MOVE SEWD THRU A MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS.  ALTHOUGH SHEAR IS MARGINAL...INSTABILITY SUPPORTS DAMAGING
   WINDS WITH HAIL IN STRONGER UPDRAFTS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY E/SE ACROSS
   THE WATCH.
   
   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 27020.
   
   
   ...HALES
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