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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 19

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Sat Mar 13 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  East-central New Mexico

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Initial discrete supercells should develop east-northeast

from the east-central New Mexico and northwest Texas border region.

Tornado and large hail will be the primary hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of Amarillo TX to 65

miles south southeast of Cannon Afb NM. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 21045.



...Grams

