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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 98
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   610 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN NEW MEXICO
          WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 610 PM UNTIL
   100 AM CST.
   
   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 55
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF CANNON AFB NEW MEXICO TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF WINK
   TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 97...
   
   DISCUSSION...ZONE OF INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE ALONG AND JUST W OF
   TX/NM BORDER FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  VERY STRONG
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTS A FEW SUPERCELLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE LARGE
   HAIL POTENTIAL.  STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DEVELOP EWD INTO WRN TX
   PANHANDLE COUNTIES BEFORE BECOMING ELEVATED AND WEAKENING LATER THIS
   EVENING.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...HALES