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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 180

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 400 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF CORONA NEW MEXICO TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT

STOCKTON TEXAS.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 178...WW 179...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SOME

SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS

EAST-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST NM AND SOUTHWEST TX. THIS SCENARIO IS

SUPPORTED BY A RELATIVELY MOIST AIR MASS AS FAR WEST AS CENTRAL

NM/FAR SOUTHWEST NM...WITH VERTICAL SHEAR/FORCING FOR ASCENT

ENHANCED BY A GRADUALLY APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH/JET STREAK.



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...GUYER

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