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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 183
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High High

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 183
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   130 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southeast New Mexico
     West into Northwest Texas

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 130 PM until
     1000 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop
   this afternoon across portions of the Permian Basin east into the
   Texas Big Country.  Elevated supercells will likely pose a large to
   very large hail risk.  In closer proximity to the surface boundary,
   a risk for severe gusts and perhaps a tornado may develop later
   today into the early evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of Hobbs
   NM to 40 miles east of Abilene TX. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   26025.

   ...Smith
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