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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

515 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO

       PARTS OF TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CST.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

WINK TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN A

MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ERN NM. WITH

VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH ROTATING NEWD ACROSS THE AREA THIS

EVENING...THE INITIAL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND THEN

TRANSITION INTO  A WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS AND

MOVES EWD.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22035.





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