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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.

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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