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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 352
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM CDT Thu May 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern New Mexico
  Oklahoma Panhandle
  Texas Panhandle and South Plains

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered severe storms will continue to develop initially
across northeast New Mexico and the western Oklahoma/Texas
Panhandles, with additional development through late afternoon
southward along the dryline. Large hail and locally damaging winds
are the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of
Clayton NM to 50 miles south of Lubbock TX. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).

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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Guyer