MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1340
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0601 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NM/FAR WEST TX
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 496...
   
   VALID 182301Z - 190000Z
   
   PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NERN AND EAST
   CENTRAL NM.
   
   VIS/RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM
   ERN NM SWD TO FAR WEST TX ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN...DRY LINE AND
   CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. MOIST/MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
   ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO AID TSTM DEVELOPMENT.  STRONGER
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR FROM EAST CENTRAL TO NERN NM WILL SUPPORT THE
   GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN
   WW 496 FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AS STORMS MOVE EWD INTO THE
   STRONGER INSTABILITY.
   
   FARTHER S ACROSS SERN NM/FAR WEST TX...WEAKER DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL
   CONTINUE TO FAVOR DIURNALLY STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
   MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS.
   
   ..PETERS.. 06/18/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LUB...AMA...MAF...PUB...ABQ...EPZ...
   
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