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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 308

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

715 PM CDT Thu Jun 8 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West Texas Including the Panhandle



* Effective this Thursday night from 715 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Strong/severe storms over the Texas Panhandle and extreme

east central New Mexico will move south-southeastward this evening

across the area with potential to produce large hail and severe wind

gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north northeast

of Borger TX to 25 miles south of Plainview TX. 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 307...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

31020.



...Weiss

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