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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 317
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Far Southeast Arkansas
  Northeast Louisiana
  Central and North-central Mississippi

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of storms should further intensify and pose a
damaging wind and occasional hail risk this afternoon as they
progress east-southeastward across Mississippi within an unstable
environment.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Greenville MS to 35 miles north northeast of Meridian MS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 316...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
29025.

...Guyer