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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 408

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM MDT Fri Jul 31 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern New Mexico



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until

  1000 PM MDT.



* 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



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will move generally south

across the watch area through this evening with a risk for large

hail and damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles north of Raton

NM to 25 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 407...



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

35025.



...Bunting

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