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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 363

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

DRYDEN TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLAINVIEW 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 360...WW 361...WW 362...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY EAST OF THE

DRYLINE THIS EVENING AMIDST A MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE

ENVIRONMENT. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE BOOSTED BY AN UPPER-LEVEL JET

STREAK DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...SUPPORTING SUPERCELL

AND MULTICELL STORM MODES WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS.



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28015.





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