WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 153

WWUS20 KWNS 092233
SEL3
SPC WW 092233
NMZ000-TXZ000-100600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 153
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF
HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DRYDEN TEXAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 151...WW 152...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS...POSSIBLY INCLUDING A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS
AND/OR SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER SE NM/SW TX THROUGH
THIS EVE...POSING A THREAT FOR MAINLY SVR HAIL. ACTIVITY WILL BE
SUPPORTED BY MODEST...RELATIVELY MOIST...LOW LVL SELY FLOW BENEATH
DEEP EML. LATER THIS EVE...STORMS MAY CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE OR TWO
SMALL CLUSTERS WITH A CONTINUING THREAT FOR SVR HAIL AND POSSIBLY
WIND.

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 30015.

...CORFIDI

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