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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 272

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO

  SOUTHWEST TEXAS TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF CORONA NEW MEXICO TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

MARFA TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 271...



DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD

FROM CHIHUAHUA MEXICO INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING...WHILE ALSO CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS AND JUST EAST OF

THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.  A VERY WARM AND

DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS THIS REGION WILL BE AT LEAST

SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG DOWNBURSTS IN MOST STORMS...WITH STRONGEST

STORMS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...BEFORE DIMINISHING

LATER THIS EVENING.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

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

MOTION VECTOR 27020.





...KERR

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