

065 

WWUS20 KWNS 241759

SEL4

SPC WW 241759

TXZ000-250100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 214

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 800

PM 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 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF

CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 115 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 212...WW 213...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALONG

THE SLOW-MOVING DRYLINE...WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED FARTHER N

INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS...AND FARTHER SW TO THE E OF THE DAVIS

MOUNTAINS.  THOUGH THE MAIN SYNOPTIC WAVE WILL MOVE NNEWD AWAY FROM

W TX...DEEP-LAYER FLOW WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS GIVEN

THE STRONG INSTABILITY PRESENT OVER W TX.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.



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 25015.





...THOMPSON

