WW 315 SEVERE TSTM LA TX CW 161035Z – 161600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 315 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 535 AM CDT Fri Jun 16 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwestern Louisiana Southeast Texas Coastal Waters * Effective this Friday morning from 535 AM until 1100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...An organized cluster of strong-severe thunderstorms -- that began as elevated convection behind the distantly departed bowing MCS -- is catching up to the outflow boundary and approaching a more-unstable, surface-based field of favorable buoyancy and deep shear. Large/damaging hail and severe gusts are possible, potentially as far south as the Gulf Coast. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast of Lufkin TX to 25 miles south of Lake Charles LA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 314... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 33040. ...Edwards
