URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 293
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Extreme southeast Arkansas
  Northeast Louisiana
  Central Mississippi

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM
  until 800 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging winds and scattered significant gusts to 90
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  A few tornadoes likely

SUMMARY...A supercell cluster is evolving into a bow echo along the
Louisiana/Arkansas border, and this cluster will likely persist
across the remainder of northern Louisiana into central Mississippi
through the afternoon.  A derecho-producing event is probable with
intense damaging wind swaths up to 90 mph.  Embedded supercells will
pose a threat for 1.5-3 inch diameter hail, and  embedded
circulations will also be capable of producing tornadoes.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
Monroe LA to 20 miles east of Meridian MS. For a complete 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 289...WW 290...WW
291...WW 292...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 80 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
28050.

...Thompson