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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 186

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  WEST TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY

ALONG THE DRYLINE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AFFECTING THE WATCH AREA

THROUGH MID EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN

RISKS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

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

LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO.  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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AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...HART

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