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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 173

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL

  700 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

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

NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA COLORADO TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

ROSWELL NEW MEXICO.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 172...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS EASTERN NM AND

SOUTHEAST CO.  ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  HIGH-BASED MULTICELL

STORM CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL APPEARS TO BE

THE MAIN THREAT.



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 23025.





...HART

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