WW 97 SEVERE TSTM LA 092250Z – 100200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 97
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
550 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Louisiana
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 550 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A well-organized bowing line of thunderstorms over
northern Louisiana will continue tracking eastward into the watch
area early this evening. Damaging winds will be possible along the
leading edge of the line of storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles east and west of a line from 100 miles north of
Natchez MS to 25 miles southwest of Natchez 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 95…WW 96…
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
26035.
…Hart