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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 400
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO
          PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   900 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CANNON AFB NEW
   MEXICO TO 40 MILES EAST OF AMARILLO TEXAS.
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS
   SOMEWHAT E-W ACROSS SERN CO/NERN NM.  THE ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING
   SEWD INTO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WHERE MLCAPE HAS REACHED
   AROUND 2000 J/KG.  DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
   THESE STORMS.
   
   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 32030.
   
   
   ...MCCARTHY