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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 112

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM MDT Mon May 21 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern and Central New Mexico



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  700 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms over west central New Mexico are expected to spread

northeast during the afternoon posing a threat for large hail and

localized damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast

of Cuba NM to 30 miles west southwest of Ruidoso NM. 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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

21025.



...Weiss

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