SPC Tornado Watch 66

WW 66 TORNADO LA TX CW 281725Z – 290000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 66
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1225 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Western Louisiana
  Southeast and East Texas
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM until
  700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to intensify into
the afternoon as a moist and destabilizing airmass becomes more
favorable for supercell development with the stronger storms.  A
couple of tornadoes are possible with the stronger storms through
the late afternoon and into the early evening before this activity
diminishes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 55 miles west northwest of Natchitoches
LA to 10 miles east southeast of Port Arthur TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean
storm motion vector 19025.

...Smith

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