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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NEW MEXICO

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS...AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 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...THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING IN THE NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE AND

EASTERN NM EXPECTED TO DEVELOP GENERALLY ESE TO SEWD THROUGH EARLY

TONIGHT. THE STORMS...INCLUDING A SUPERCELL OR TWO...LIKELY WILL

EVOLVE INTO A LARGE CLUSTER...WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE

HAIL...HIGH WIND...AND POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO TORNADOS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





...CORFIDI

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