Severe Thunderstorm Watch 153

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 153

   SEL3

   

   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