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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 617

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast New Mexico

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from 550

  PM until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Isolated storms moving into far northeast New Mexico and

the Oklahoma Panhandle should further intensify while other storms

develop through the evening. Large hail should be the primary risk,

but a tornado cannot be ruled out, particularly during the

early/mid-evening hours as a low-level jet increases across the

region. Damaging wind potential could also increase if an organized

cluster evolves as storms progress southeastward.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest

of Clayton NM to 85 miles east northeast of Borger TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 616...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

32020.



...Guyer

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