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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 198

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM MDT Mon May 8 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern New Mexico



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until

  1100 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Isolated storms developing over eastern New Mexico this

evening will be capable of producing large hail and downburst winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northeast

of Raton NM to 15 miles southwest of Carlsbad NM. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 197...



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

22030.



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