A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for West Texas and the western half of the Texas Panhandle through 10 PM. At 3 PM the dryline was located near the Texas/New Mexico border. The first activity of the day was developing near Dalhart and moving northeast. Those storms could become severe soon. Additional storms will develop near the dryline and make slow eastward progress through the early evening before dissipating. The strongest storms could be severe with hail up to the size of tennis-balls, damaging wind gusts over 65 MPH, and a brief tornado.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 186
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
     EASTERN NEW MEXICO
     OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
     WEST TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

   * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
       TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

   SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY
   ALONG THE DRYLINE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AFFECTING THE WATCH AREA
   THROUGH MID EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
   RISKS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   LUBBOCK TEXAS TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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.