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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN TEXAS INCLUDING THE WESTERN PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NEW

MEXICO ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX OVER WESTERN TEXAS

LATER THIS EVENING.  INITIALLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE

WEATHER HAZARD WITH DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE

EAST OF THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST

OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CANNON AFB

NEW MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...



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 29020.





...MEAD

