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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 255

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

340 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeastern New Mexico

  West central Texas



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop along a dryline in New Mexico

and spread east-northeastward into west central Texas this evening.

The initial storms will likely be supercells capable of producing

large hail, and possible an isolated tornado.  Some upscale growth

of storms into more of a line is possible this evening, with the

potential for damaging gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast

of Cannon Afb NM to 15 miles southwest of Hobbs NM. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 252...WW 253...WW 254...



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

24035.



...Thompson

