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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 368
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast New Mexico
  Southwest Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms are forecast
to develop this afternoon into the early evening.  Supercells
capable of large to giant hail will be possible.  As storms mature
into the early evening, a tornado risk may also develop for an hour
or two as storms move into richer moisture over parts of the Pecos
Valley.  A cluster of severe storms may evolve towards the mid to
late evening with an increasing risk for severe gusts accompanying
these storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north northwest
of Roswell NM to 60 miles southwest of Dryden TX. 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 365...WW 366...WW 367...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27020.

...Smith