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SEL1
SPC WW 212026
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 611
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
325 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwestern into Northern Louisiana
  East Texas

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast to
intensify this afternoon and persist through the early evening.
Damaging wind gusts associated with the stronger thunderstorm cores
are the primary severe hazard.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles north
northeast of Lafayette LA to 35 miles north of Lufkin TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 608...WW 609...WW 610...

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
01010.

...Smith