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WWUS20 KWNS 162035

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SPC WW 162035

NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-170200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 425

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN NEW MEXICO

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF RATON NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF

NORTHERN NM...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT

VERTICAL SHEAR WILL HELP STORMS ORGANIZE...WITH MULTICELL/SUPERCELL

STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...HART

