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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 214
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 214
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   205 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
     SOUTHWEST TEXAS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   BIG SPRING TEXAS TO 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DRYDEN TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 213...

   DISCUSSION...RAPID STORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOW UNDERWAY...ACROSS THE
   MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  IN THE
   PRESENCE OF THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES CHARACTERIZED BY VERY STEEP
   MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND LARGE CAPE...VERTICAL SHEAR MAY BE
   MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST SHORT-LIVED UPDRAFT ROTATION IN
   STRONGEST STORMS.  LIGHT WESTERLY DEEP LAYER MEAN FLOW MAY AID
   PROPAGATION INTO PARTS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EDWARDS
   PLATEAU...AS SURFACE COLD POOLS CONSOLIDATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
   IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE
   PROBABLE...BOTH WITH DOWNBURSTS AND ALONG THE OUTFLOW GUST FRONT.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27010.


   ...KERR
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