MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1608
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0759 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WEST/NORTHWEST TX AND EASTERN NM/FAR SOUTHWEST KS
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 597...599...
   
   VALID 180059Z - 180200Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   597...599...CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE TSTM WATCHES 597/599 CONTINUE UNTIL 03Z/05Z
   RESPECTIVELY...WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
   SEVERE HAIL MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN NM/WEST TX.
   
   MOST NOTABLE SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WITH
   SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD MOVING QUASI-LINEAR MCS CENTERED ALONG THE NM/TX
   BORDER AREA NEAR/SOUTH OF CLOVIS AS OF 0040Z. A 60 KT WIND GUST WAS
   MEASURED AT CANNON AIR FORCE BASE/CLOVIS AS OF 0019Z. AHEAD OF THIS
   QUASI-LINEAR MCS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NM/FAR WEST TX...A RESIDUALLY
   HOT/WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND 90S F SURFACE TEMPERATURES...ALONG
   WITH SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS BENEATH MODEST NORTHERLY
   FLOW...WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN FORWARD PROPAGATION OF THIS QUASI-LINEAR
   MCS WITH CONTINUED SEVERE WIND POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
   ELSEWHERE...ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE LOCALLY STABILIZED AIRMASS
   ACROSS NORTHEAST NM/TX PANHANDLE...A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL
   REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE/WESTERN PART OF
   NORTH TX AMIDST MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONGLY SHEARED
   ENVIRONMENT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 07/18/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DDC...LUB...AMA...MAF...PUB...ABQ...
   
   LAT...LON   37630188 36850031 34630004 33190043 32500329 33740518
               35730277 37630188