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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 524

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 520

  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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS

AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS ENHANCED

BY A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE

COMBINATION OF MODERATE AMOUNTS OF VERTICAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY

WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.



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 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25020.





...MEAD

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 524

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 520

  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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS

AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS ENHANCED

BY A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE

COMBINATION OF MODERATE AMOUNTS OF VERTICAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY

WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.



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 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25020.





...MEAD

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