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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 323

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast New Mexico

  Southwest Oklahoma

  West and Western-North Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop across the watch

area through the afternoon and early evening, with the strongest

cells posing a risk of locally damaging winds and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west southwest

of Hobbs NM to 45 miles southeast of Chickasha OK. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 321...WW 322...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

25025.



...Hart

