WW 402 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NM OK TX 271950Z – 280200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 402
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM CDT Tue Jun 27 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far southeast Colorado
Southwest Kansas
Far northeast New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Northern Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 90
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Initial high-based supercells over the Raton Mesa will
intensify across southwest Kansas and the northern Panhandles,
before likely consolidating into a small bowing complex.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Guymon OK to 45 miles west northwest of Garden City KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 400...WW 401...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 80 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
27045.
...Grams
