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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 169

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

430 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East-central New Mexico

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Initial discrete cells across east-central New Mexico

should consolidate into a modestly organized cluster with severe

wind and hail as the primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Guymon OK to 50 miles west southwest of Plainview TX. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

26030.



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