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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 256

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

730 PM CDT Mon May 22 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast New Mexico

  West Texas



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 730 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms capable

of hail and damaging winds will affect the watch area this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles north of

Guadalupe Pass TX to 15 miles east of Abilene TX. 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 255...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Hart

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