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Tornado Watch 66
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 66
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1225 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Western Louisiana
     Southeast and East Texas
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM until
     700 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to intensify into
   the afternoon as a moist and destabilizing airmass becomes more
   favorable for supercell development with the stronger storms.  A
   couple of tornadoes are possible with the stronger storms through
   the late afternoon and into the early evening before this activity
   diminishes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 55 miles west northwest of Natchitoches
   LA to 10 miles east southeast of Port Arthur TX. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean
   storm motion vector 19025.

   ...Smith
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