Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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SEL4
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 344
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM CDT Wed May 28 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Louisiana
Southern Mississippi
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM
until 900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY…At least an isolated downburst/damaging wind threat will
exist through late afternoon and early evening across the region
within a very moist and unstable air mass.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south
southwest of Natchez MS to 50 miles east southeast of Pine Belt MS.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 341…WW 342…WW 343…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
20025.
…Guyer
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW4
WW 344 SEVERE TSTM LA MS 282020Z – 290200Z
AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
40SSW HEZ/NATCHEZ MS/ – 50ESE PIB/PINE BELT MS/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM N/S /39NNW BTR – 29NNW SJI/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20025.
LAT…LON 32039156 32138855 30258855 30149156
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU4.
Watch 344 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low ( 2 inches
Low (