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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 261

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NEW MEXICO

       WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL

800 PM MDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

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

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 260...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM OVER THE HIGHER

TERRAIN OF CENTRAL NM.  THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO INTENSIFY AND

TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY

EVENING.  A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS

ARE LIKELY.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...HART

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