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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 241
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1015 AM CDT Sat May 23 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Arkansas
  Central and Eastern Louisiana
  Mississippi

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1015 AM until
  600 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...An organized linear cluster of storms will continue
east-northeastward today with wind damage as the most common hazard.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles northeast of
Monroe LA to 65 miles southwest of Mc Comb MS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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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AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector
25025.

...Guyer