Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
646 WWUS20 KWNS 192053 SEL6 SPC WW 192053 NMZ000-TXZ000-200300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 436 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 255 PM MDT Wed Jun 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North-Central and South-Central New Mexico Far West Texas * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until 900 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop and intensify this afternoon into the evening over the Watch area. A few supercells and stronger multicells will potentially be capable of a risk for large hail (1 to 2 inches in diameter) and severe gusts (60 to 70 mph). The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast of Santa Fe NM to 120 miles south southeast of Alamogordo NM. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 26015. ...Smith