WW 19 SEVERE TSTM AR LA MS 111735Z – 120000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 19
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Extreme southeast Arkansas
Northeast Louisiana
Central Mississippi
* Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1135 AM until
600 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Elevated supercells will spread eastward from southeast
Arkansas and northeast Louisiana into Mississippi through the
afternoon. Large hail (1-2" diameter) will be the main threat,
though isolated damaging winds of 60-70 mph will also be possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles southwest of
Greenville MS to 10 miles east of Columbus MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 17...WW 18...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
26035.
...Thompson
