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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 169

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 AM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NEW MEXICO

       WEST TEXAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 415 AM UNTIL NOON MDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF

CANNON AFB NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW

MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TSTMS WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL EXPECTED

TO INCREASE THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING AS MOIST...LOW-LVL WAA

CONTINUES ATOP SHALLOW COOL LAYER.  SUFFICIENT ELEVATED CAPE AND

CLOUD LAYER SHEAR APPEAR PRESENT TO SUPPORT A FEW SUSTAINED

STORMS...QUASI-LINEAR STRUCTURES AND/OR MARGINAL SUPERCELLS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 21030.





...CORFIDI

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