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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 181

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DRYDEN TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH THROUGH

MID-EVE OVER MUCH OF SW TX AND POSSIBLY ADJACENT SE NM...ESPECIALLY

ALONG STALLING WSW-ENE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT BY MORNING MCS...AND

ALONG/E OF TERRAIN-INDUCED CONFLUENCE AXIS W OF THE PECOS. LOW-LVL

MOISTURE INFLOW WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF VORT LOBE MOVING THROUGH SE

SIDE OF AZ UPR LOW. ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING OF DEEP SHEAR AND

DEGREE OF BUOYANCY SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DISCRETE OR

SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.

DEVELOPING SLY LLJ MAY POSE AN INCREASING TORNADO RISK THIS EVE. IN

THE MEANTIME...ANY TORNADO THREAT SHOULD FOCUS NEAR STALLING OUTFLOW

BOUNDARY OVER THE TRANS-PECOS AND WRN PERMIAN BASIN REGIONS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...CORFIDI

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