Sunday, May 25, 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 362

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 362
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SOUTHWEST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 330 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLAINVIEW TEXAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARFA TEXAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 357
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WW 358
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WW
359
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WW 360
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WW 361
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DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SW TX
AND WILL DEVELOP NWD ALONG THE DRYLINE ALONG THE NM/TX BORDER
THROUGH THIS EVENING. STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DMGG WIND GUSTS. ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY PROPAGATE EWD INTO WRN
TX AND THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS EVENING AS COLD POOLS STRENGTHEN.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 22030.
...RACY/HALES

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