Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 625 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WINK
TEXAS.  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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 217...WW 218...

DISCUSSION...ONGOING STORMS IN SE NM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
EWD/SEWD TOWARD ADJACENT AREAS OF W TX THIS EVENING.  THE STORMS
WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A RELATIVELY WARM/DEEPLY-MIXED INFLOW AIR MASS
WITH MLCAPE APPROACHING 2000 J/KG...AND MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT
DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS.  GIVEN
THE STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE LOW-MID LEVELS...THE PRIMARY THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS DAMAGING GUSTS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29015.


...THOMPSON
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