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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 169

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 169

[html]WW 169 SEVERE TSTM CO NM OK TX 012050Z - 020400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 169
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Sun May 1 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Colorado
  Eastern New Mexico
  Oklahoma Panhandle
  West Texas including the Panhandle

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are beginning to form over eastern New
Mexico.  These storms will progress eastward through the afternoon
and evening, posing a risk of very large hail, damaging winds, and
perhaps a tornado or two.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northeast of
Springfield CO to 55 miles south southeast of Lubbock TX. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 167...WW 168...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 169 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0169.html)