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SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 355
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Louisiana
Northeast Texas
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe thunderstorms over northeast
Texas will track eastward across the watch area this evening, posing
a risk of locally damaging winds and hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Shreveport LA to 15 miles north northeast of Natchitoches LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 352...WW 353...WW 354...
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.
...Hart
SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 355
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Louisiana
Northeast Texas
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe thunderstorms over northeast
Texas will track eastward across the watch area this evening, posing
a risk of locally damaging winds and hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Shreveport LA to 15 miles north northeast of Natchitoches LA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 352...WW 353...WW 354...
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.
...Hart
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 355 SEVERE TSTM LA TX 302235Z - 310300Z
AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
55SW SHV/SHREVEPORT LA/ - 15NNE IER/NATCHITOCHES LA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM N/S /35SSE GGG - 48NNW AEX/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.
LAT...LON 32549449 32599300 31299300 31239449
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 355 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 355
VALID 310150Z - 310240Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 E LFK TO
35 S SHV TO 15 S TXK.
..LYONS..05/31/24
ATTN...WFO...SHV...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 355
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC013-015-017-021-027-031-043-049-059-061-069-073-081-085-111-
119-127-310240-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO
CALDWELL CLAIBORNE DE SOTO
GRANT JACKSON LA SALLE
LINCOLN NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA
RED RIVER SABINE UNION
WEBSTER WINN
$$
TXC403-310240-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
SABINE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 355
VALID 310035Z - 310140Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..DEAN..05/31/24
ATTN...WFO...SHV...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 355
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC013-015-017-031-069-081-085-119-310140-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO
DE SOTO NATCHITOCHES RED RIVER
SABINE WEBSTER
$$
TXC203-365-403-405-419-310140-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
HARRISON PANOLA SABINE
SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 355
VALID 302315Z - 310040Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..DEAN..05/30/24
ATTN...WFO...SHV...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 355
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC013-015-017-031-069-081-085-119-310040-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO
DE SOTO NATCHITOCHES RED RIVER
SABINE WEBSTER
$$
TXC203-365-403-405-419-310040-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
HARRISON PANOLA SABINE
SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (<5%)
|
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (<2%)
|
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
|
Mod (40%)
|
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (20%)
|
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Mod (30%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Mod (30%)
|
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
High (70%)
|
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.