WW 277 SEVERE TSTM LA MS CW 121900Z – 130100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 277
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM CDT Mon Jun 12 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and eastern Louisiana
Central and southern Mississippi
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity
through the afternoon from Louisiana into Mississippi. The storm
environment will support multicell clusters and supercells capable
of producing large hail of 1-2 inches in diameter and damaging
outflow gusts of 60-70 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest
of Natchitoches LA to 55 miles northeast of Gulfport 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 275...WW 276...
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 550. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
...Thompson
