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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 50
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   510 PM CDT WED APR 7 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM UNTIL
   1100 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 ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
   MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.
   
   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 48...WW 49...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF
   CENTRAL MS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST AR.  THIS ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST FOR
   SEVERAL MORE HOURS...WITH THE RISK OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AND LARGE
   HAIL.
   
   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 25030.
   
   
   ...HART