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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

complete 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...CONTINUE...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

