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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 168
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   400 PM CDT Thu Apr 24 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until
     1000 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Isolated thunderstorms are forecast to develop through the
   late afternoon and early evening.  The stronger storms will likely
   become supercellular and pose mainly a threat for large to very
   large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north northwest
   of Big Spring TX to 25 miles west southwest of Dryden TX. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 166...WW 167...

   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
   31015.

   ...Smith
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