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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 323
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WW0323 Radar
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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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 323...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   405 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

   CORRECTED FOR ADDITION OF TX/OK PANHANDLE COUNTIES

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN NEW MEXICO
     WEST AND WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS
     OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL
     1100 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF CHILDRESS
   TEXAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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 321...WW 322...

   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
   EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD FROM EASTERN NM INTO FAR WEST TX...WHILE
   ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ALONG RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
    INTO WEST/WEST-CENTRAL TX. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR
   SUPERCELLS/MULTICELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. A MORE ORGANIZED
   SEVERE WIND THREAT MAY EVOLVE THIS EVENING PENDING EVOLUTION OF
   ONE OR MORE MCS/S.

   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 34025.


   ...GUYER
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