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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.
&&
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
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
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WW 66 TORNADO LA TX CW 281725Z - 290000Z
AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
55WNW IER/NATCHITOCHES LA/ - 10ESE BPT/PORT ARTHUR TX/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /44S EIC - 42WSW LCH/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19025.
LAT...LON 32049294 29899286 29899487 32049499
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU6.
Watch 66 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 66
VALID 281815Z - 281940Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..DEAN..03/28/25
ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...HGX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 66
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
LAC011-019-023-031-069-081-085-115-281940-
LA
. LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU CAMERON
DE SOTO NATCHITOCHES RED RIVER
SABINE VERNON
$$
TXC005-199-241-245-291-347-351-361-373-403-405-419-457-281940-
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANGELINA HARDIN JASPER
JEFFERSON LIBERTY NACOGDOCHES
NEWTON ORANGE POLK
SABINE SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY
TYLER
$$
GMZ430-432-281940-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
SABINE LAKE
CALCASIEU LAKE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (10%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Low (10%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (10%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (<5%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (<5%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
Mod (30%)
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
