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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 186

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WINK

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 185...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER ERN NM THROUGH THE REST

OF THE AFTN IN RESPONSE TO BOTH SFC HEATING AND ASCENT ASSOCIATED

WITH PROGRESSIVE VORT LOBE OF SRN RCKYS UPR LOW. STORMS SHOULD FOCUS

ALONG TERRAIN CIRCULATIONS AND ALONG LEE TROUGH...WHERE LOW-LVL

MOISTURE RETURN WILL PERSIST IN WRN FRINGE OF RETREATING MCS

MESOHIGH /REF MCD 699/. 30-40 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR MAY SUPPORT

DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SVR

HAIL/WIND.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...CORFIDI

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