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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 344 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 320 PM CDT Wed May 28 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeast Louisiana Southern Mississippi * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...At least an isolated downburst/damaging wind threat will exist through late afternoon and early evening across the region within a very moist and unstable air mass. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south southwest of Natchez MS to 50 miles east southeast of Pine Belt MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 341...WW 342...WW 343... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 20025. ...Guyer