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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 176

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       NORTHWEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 630 AM UNTIL

200 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 115

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS

TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVOLVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN

HIGH PLAINS FROM SOUTHEASTERN NM INTO THE TX SOUTH PLAINS AND

SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE THIS MORNING.  HAIL WILL BE COMMON...WITH

SEVERE HAIL POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER ROTATING STORMS.  ELEVATED

CLUSTERS SHOULD SPREAD/CONGEAL ACROSS NORTHWEST TX BEFORE MOVING

INTO SOUTHWESTERN OK LATE THIS MORNING.



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 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...DARROW

