WW 208 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NM OK TX 102020Z – 110400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 208
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM CDT Wed May 10 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Colorado
Western Kansas
Northeast New Mexico
Western Oklahoma Panhandle
Western Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM
until 1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...High-based storms including a few supercells will continue
to develop near/east of the Front Range and Raton Mesa vicinity, as
well as in a somewhat separate corridor into western Kansas.
Severe-caliber wind gusts and large hail and the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles south southeast
of Tucumcari NM to 50 miles north of Lamar CO. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 207...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
22025.
...Guyer
