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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 264
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   830 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          MUCH OF TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM UNTIL
   200 AM 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 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 262. WATCH NUMBER 262 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 830 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 261...WW 263...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS
   CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD INTO TX PANHANDLE AND SEWD OUT OF KS INTO
   NWRN OK.  WITH LOW LEVEL JET EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30-40KT AND
   CONTINUING FLUX OF MDTLY UNSTABLE GULF AIR MASS...THREAT FOR SEVERE
   WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.  DEVELOPMENT OF COLD POOLS
   WOULD INCREASE THE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...HALES
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