The Storm Prediction Center and National Weather Service have issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 PM. This watch includes all of the Texas Panhandle, the South Plains, and Rolling Plains. Dalhart, Amarillo, Shamrock, Childress, Plainview, Lubbock, Hereford, and Post are all included in this watch. Storms have quickly increased across the Texas Panhandle over the last hour with multiple warnings now in effect. Storm coverage is expected to o increase with southward extend over the next 2 to 3 hours s the atmosphere destabilizes and the cap weakens. The strongest storms today could produce hail up to the size of tennis balls, localized damaging wind gusts over 70 MPH, and even a brief tornado. The threat for flooding is also a concern with slow-moving storms.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE…SOUTH PLAINS…AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 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…THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING IN THE NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE AND
EASTERN NM EXPECTED TO DEVELOP GENERALLY ESE TO SEWD THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT. THE STORMS…INCLUDING A SUPERCELL OR TWO…LIKELY WILL
EVOLVE INTO A LARGE CLUSTER…WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE
HAIL…HIGH WIND…AND POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO TORNADOS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
LUBBOCK TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).