WW 346 SEVERE TSTM LA CW 202230Z – 210400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 346
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 PM CDT Tue Jun 20 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
South central Louisiana
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 530 PM until
1100 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...Clusters of severe storms will continue to spread westward
and southward through late evening, with the potential to produce
occasional 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 40 miles west northwest
of Lafayette LA to 75 miles east southeast of Lafayette LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 344...WW 345...
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 600. Mean storm motion vector
01020.
...Thompson
