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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 176

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST

COLORADO AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON....WITH

STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD WITH TIME.

LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE

STRONGER CELLS...ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO --

PARTICULARLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28035.





...GOSS

