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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 153

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF

HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DRYDEN TEXAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 151...WW 152...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...POSSIBLY INCLUDING A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS

AND/OR SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER SE NM/SW TX THROUGH

THIS EVE...POSING A THREAT FOR MAINLY SVR HAIL.  ACTIVITY WILL BE

SUPPORTED BY MODEST...RELATIVELY MOIST...LOW LVL SELY FLOW BENEATH

DEEP EML.  LATER THIS EVE...STORMS MAY CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE OR TWO

SMALL CLUSTERS WITH A CONTINUING THREAT FOR SVR HAIL AND POSSIBLY

WIND.



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 30015.





...CORFIDI

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