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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 434

WW 434 SEVERE TSTM NM OK TX 022005Z – 030100Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 434
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
305 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest New Mexico
  Western and central Oklahoma Panhandle
  Western and central Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Loosely organized cluster should spread south-southeast
from the Raton Mesa with a primary threat of sporadic severe wind
gusts through early evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast
of Clayton NM to 45 miles southwest of Amarillo TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 430...WW 431...WW
432...WW 433...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
34020.

...Grams

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