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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 97

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Louisiana



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 550 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized bowing line of thunderstorms over

northern Louisiana will continue tracking eastward into the watch

area early this evening.  Damaging winds will be possible along the

leading edge of the line of storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30

statute miles east and west of a line from 100 miles north of

Natchez MS to 25 miles southwest of Natchez MS. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 95...WW 96...



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

26035.



...Hart