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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 323

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NM NEW MEXICO

  WEST/WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 321...WW 322...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP

EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD FROM EASTERN NM INTO FAR WEST TX...WHILE

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTO

WEST/WEST-CENTRAL TX. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS/MULTICELLS

CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. A MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WIND THREAT MAY

EVOLVE THIS EVENING PENDING EVOLUTION OF ONE OR MORE MCS/S.



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 34025.





...GUYER

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