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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 267

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

FORT STOCKTON TEXAS TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANNON AFB NEW

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 265...WW 266...



DISCUSSION...CU IS INCREASING ALONG SURFACE DRYLINE OVER EXTREME

SOUTHEAST NM.  RECENT OBSERVED SOUNDING DATA MODIFIED WITH CURRENT

SURFACE OBS SUGGEST AIRMASS IS GENERALLY UNCAPPED WITH MLCAPE VALUES

OVER 1500 J/KG.  A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE

DRYLINE WITH A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  A FEW

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...HART

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