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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 192
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 192
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST COLORADO
          EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
   1000 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF LAMAR COLORADO TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   PLAINVIEW 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 191...
   
   DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE
   NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG A SHARPENING LEE TROUGH FROM NE NM INTO
   SE CO...AND EWD INTO THE UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME ACROSS THE WRN TX
   PANHANDLE.  INITIALLY LARGE TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINT SPREADS AND MODEST
   LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS
   WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  LOW-LEVEL
   WINDS WILL RESPOND LATER THIS EVENING TO THE APPROACH OF A STRONG
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
   SURGE NWWD.  NEAR AND AFTER SUNSET...THE RISK FOR A COUPLE OF
   TORNADOES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE.  THE TORNADO RISK WILL BE
   REVISITED LATER THIS EVENING...WHEN A WATCH REPLACEMENT/UPGRADE
   COULD BECOME NECESSARY.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26015.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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