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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 65
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   630 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEAST TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 630 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PORT
   ARTHUR TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA.
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 62...WW 63...WW 64...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG A SEWD
   MOVING FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. SUPERCELLS AND LINES CAPABLE OF
   PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...DIAL/HART