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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 622
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WW0622 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 622
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR EASTERN NEW MEXICO
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES EAST OF
   BORGER TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CANNON AFB NEW
   MEXICO.  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 619...WW 620...WW 621...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING IN DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT OVER THE
   TX SOUTH PLNS EXPECTED TO BE JOINED BY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER
   THIS AFTN ALONG AND AHEAD OF NW TX PANHANDLE COLD FRONT. MODEST
   WNWLY DEEP SHEAR ON SRN EDGE OF THE WLYS AND STEEP LOW TO MID-LVL
   LAPSE RATES MAY YIELD STORMS WITH SVR WIND/HAIL. ACTIVITY MAY EVOLVE
   INTO A S OR SE-MOVING CLUSTER THIS EVE AS SLY LLJ STRENGTHENS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29020.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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