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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 198

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

510 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Colorado

  Southwest Kansas

  Northeast New Mexico

  Western Oklahoma Panhandle

  Western Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon from 510 PM until Midnight 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 thunderstorms are expected to form late this

afternoon along and ahead of the dryline across the watch area, and

persist through much of the evening.  The strongest cells will pose

a risk of large hail and damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles southeast of

Tucumcari NM to 20 miles northeast of Lamar CO. 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 196...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

24025.



...Hart

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