WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 156

WWUS20 KWNS 112044
SEL6
SPC WW 112044
NMZ000-TXZ000-120300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 156
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

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

EASTERN NEW MEXICO
WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
900 PM MDT.

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 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES WEST OF DRYDEN TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 155...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST-CENTRAL NM. THIS ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH NEW
DEVELOPMENT WILL AFFECT THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN NM AND WEST TX
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND
STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.

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 27025.

...HART

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