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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 512

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM MDT WED OCT 7 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  FAR WEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN

COVERAGE/INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SRN NM AND FAR W TX.

THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH THE PRIMARY

RISK OF LARGE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF EL PASO TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH 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.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 21020.





...THOMPSON

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