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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 198

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 198

[html]WW 198 SEVERE TSTM NM TX 102025Z - 110400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 198
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
325 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely

SUMMARY...Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to
develop within the very unstable air mass over the southern High
Plains. Large to very large hail is possible with early storm
development, with a transient towards more of a wind damage risk
with time.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles south of Dryden
TX to 40 miles north northeast of Plainview TX. For a co*plete
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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 197...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24025.

...Mosier/Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 198 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0198.html)