WW 391 SEVERE TSTM LA MS 042000Z – 050100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 391
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Louisiana
Southern Mississippi
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A squall line will continue to move east-southeast across
southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi through the afternoon
and into the evening into a very moist and unstable airmass. The
more intense portions of the squall line will be capable of strong
to severe gusts (55-65 mph) and potential wind damage.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north
northwest of Lake Charles LA to 60 miles east northeast of Mc Comb
MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 389…WW 390…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29035.
…Smith
