

697 

WWUS20 KWNS 082206

SEL5

SPC WW 082206

NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-090500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 395

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 510 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO LINE SHOULD POSE A

THREAT FOR SEVERE GUSTS AND SPORADIC LARGE HAIL AS THEY CROSS THE

REST OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TO THEIR SOUTHEAST...AND ALSO PARTS OF

THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF DALHART TEXAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BORGER TEXAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...EDWARDS

