SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 273
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 273
[html]WW 273 SEVERE TSTM LA MS 251435Z - 252200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 273
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
935 AM CDT Wed May 25 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Louisiana
Central and Southern Mississippi
* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 935 AM
until 500 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms and isolated cells ahead of the
line will track northeastward across the watch area today. Locally
damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado or two are the main
threats.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles east northeast
of Greenwood MS to 30 miles west southwest of Slidell LA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23025.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 273 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0273.html)