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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 188

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

305 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK

TEXAS TO 30 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 187...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SEGMENTS AND

LEE TROUGH/DRY LINE IN W CNTRL AND SW TX RESPECTIVELY SHOULD

INCREASE IN NUMBER AND STRENGTH AS SFC HEATING CONTINUES AHEAD OF

MAIN VORT LOBE ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE ERN NM UPR LOW. AMPLE

DEEP SHEAR SHOULD EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS WITH SVR HAIL THROUGH THIS

EVE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE SRN PART OF THE TX SOUTH PLNS TO THE BIG

BEND REGION. WHILE LOW-LVL SHEAR SHOULD REMAIN MODEST...LIKELIHOOD

FOR A FEW DISCRETE OR SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS AMIDST INCREASING DEEP

SHEAR AND PERSISTENT...FAIRLY MOIST SELY LOW-LVL FLOW MAY FOSTER

LOW-LVL MESOS AND A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 28020.





...CORFIDI

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