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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN AND NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABILENE TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 280...



DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF MCS/S ARE ONGOING LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS

WRN TX IN ADVANCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT ADVANCING SWD

INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS.  THE AMBIENT INFLOW AIR MASS REMAINS

WARM...MOIST...AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND WHEN COUPLED WITH A

VERTICALLY VEERING WIND PROFILE WITH SUFFICIENTLY STRONG DEEP-LAYER

SHEAR...THE SETUP WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED STORM MODES

CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...MEAD

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