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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 228

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING IN SE NM EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY E/SE DOWN THE PECOS VALLEY. OTHER STORMS MAY

FORM A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DAVIS MTNS...AND SPREAD

ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION INTO THE RIO GRANDE VLY OF SW TX.

COMBINATION OF BUOYANCY AND SHEAR SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR

SUPERCELLS/STORM CLUSTERS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND...AND

POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOS INTO TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

DRYDEN TEXAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 227...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28025.





...CORFIDI

