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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 374

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

       MUCH OF NEW MEXICO

       FAR WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL

1100 PM MDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF

TRINIDAD COLORADO TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO TEXAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...SCTD TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE

AND POSSIBLY INTENSITY ACROSS PARTS OF NM THIS EVENING AS WEAK

IMPULSE LIFTS NNE ACROSS REGION ON WRN FRINGE OF AMPLIFYING UPR

RIDGE.  AMPLE MOISTURE IS IN PLACE...GIVEN ASSISTANCE OF OROGRAPHIC

UPLIFT AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED

UPDRAFTS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND AND POSSIBLY AN

ISOLATED TORNADO.  ACTIVITY SHOULD CONSOLIDATE INTO SEVERAL

CLUSTERS...WITH ATTENDANT THREAT FOR WIND/HAIL CONTINUING INTO THE

NIGHT.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

