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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 404

WW 404 SEVERE TSTM AR LA MS 272140Z – 280400Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 404
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
440 PM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Arkansas
  Northern and Eastern Louisiana
  Central and Southern Mississippi

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 440 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...An organizing cluster of storms will continue
southeastward across the ArkLaMiss into southern Mississippi this
evening, with wind damage and some hail likely.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of Monroe
LA to 35 miles north northeast of Pine Belt MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 400...WW 401...WW
402...WW 403...

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 600. Mean storm motion vector
31025.

...Guyer

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