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WWUS20 KWNS 140007

SEL2

SPC WW 140007

TXZ000-140500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 292

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

710 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 710 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF

AMARILLO TEXAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 290...WW 291...



DISCUSSION...QLCS IN ERN NM WILL CONTINUE EWD INTO W TX...SUPPORTED

BY INCREASING LOW-LEVEL SLY FLOW THIS EVENING AND MODERATE

INSTABILITY PER 00Z MAF/AMA SOUNDINGS.  LIFT ALONG THE GUST FRONT

SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE STORMS DESPITE SOME CONVECTIVE

INHIBITION NOTED IN 00Z SOUNDINGS...AND A CONTINUED RISK OF DAMAGING

WINDS IS EXPECTED PER THE RECENT 61 KT GUST AT TCC.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...THOMPSON

