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Tornado Watch 241
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WW0241 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 241
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   220 PM MDT Fri May 26 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Eastern New Mexico
     Southwest Texas

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
     1000 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 75 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Intense supercell thunderstorms are expected to form this
   afternoon along the higher terrain of southeast NM into southwest
   TX.  These storms will track eastward into a progressively more
   favorable environment for very large hail and a few tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 70 miles west northwest of Tucumcari NM
   to 60 miles southeast of Marfa TX. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 240...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 29030.

   ...Hart
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