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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 156

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NEW MEXICO

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

900 PM MDT.



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 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF

LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES WEST OF DRYDEN 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 155...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE

HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST-CENTRAL NM.  THIS ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH NEW

DEVELOPMENT WILL AFFECT THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN NM AND WEST TX

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.  COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND

STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.



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 27025.





...HART

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