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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 238

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern New Mexico

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  West Texas including the Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage this

afternoon over parts of eastern New Mexico and west Texas, with

large hail expected in the strongest cells.  The risk of a tornado

or two will also increase later this afternoon.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles west northwest

of Elkhart KS to 70 miles southwest of Lubbock TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Hart

