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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY EVENING FROM 610 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 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 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

DRYDEN TEXAS TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HOBBS 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 378...WW 379...WW 380...



DISCUSSION...TSTM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTINUE OVER WW AREA WITH

SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT.  BRIEF SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH LOCALLY

ENHANCED LARGE HAIL THREAT ARE POSSIBLE...OTHERWISE MULTICELLS

SHOULD PREDOMINATE.  REFER TO SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1065 FOR

INITIAL NEAR-TERN DETAILS.



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 20020.





...EDWARDS/IMY

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