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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 263

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

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

CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNON AFB NEW

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 259...WW 260...WW

261...WW 262...



DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND

INTENSIFY OVER NERN AND EAST CENTRAL NM IN RESPONSE TO THE EWD

MOVING SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER WRN CO AND NWRN NM.  AMPLE MOISTURE

REMAINS OVER ERN NM WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 50S...AND STEEP

MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IS ENHANCING INSTABILITY WITH SBCAPE TO 1500

J/KG.  CLOUDS HAVE DIMINISHED ESPECIALLY OVER NERN NM WHICH WILL

ALLOW FOR FURTHER DIABATIC HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WHERE STRONGEST

LARGE SCALE ASCENT IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.  LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH

DISCRETE SUPERCELLS...WITH ACTIVITY POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING INTO

EWD/SEWD MOVING LINEAR SEGMENTS LATER THIS EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27025.





...WEISS

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