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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 254

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northeastern New Mexico

  The western Oklahoma Panhandle

  The northwestern Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Some elevated convection is forming within a band of thick

cloud cover across the Texas Panhandle, but the primary

surface-based development is expected this afternoon along the

dryline in northeastern New Mexico.  The storm environment will

favor supercells with very large hail, and low-level shear will

increase some this afternoon in support of a tornado threat.  Some

upscale growth into a more north-south line is possible later this

evening, with an accompanying wind damage threat.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of Clayton NM to 35

miles south southeast of Tucumcari NM. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU4).



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 252...WW 253...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 23035.



...Thompson

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