SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 38

WW 38 SEVERE TSTM LA MS TX CW 070150Z - 071000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 38
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
850 PM CDT Fri Apr 6 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and southern Louisiana
  Southern Mississippi
  Southeast Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 850 PM
  until 500 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Extensive west-east oriented line of storms will shift
southeast overnight with the primary hazard being damaging winds. A
brief tornado or two is possible, primarily across central portions
of Louisiana this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of
Port Arthur TX to 45 miles northeast of Gulfport MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 36...WW 37...

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 450. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Grams

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from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0038.html