The Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the western half of the Texas Panhandle. This watch runs through 11 PM this evening. Thunderstorms are developing in eastern New Mexico and Colorado. Those storms will grow upscale into a squall line that will move southeast into the Panhandle after 7 PM. Some of the storms in that line may be severe with wind gusts up to 70 MPH and hail up to the size of ping-pong balls. The squall line will likely move southeast this evening and may impact portions of Northwest Texas late tonight, although in a weaker state.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 481
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO
SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY…STORMS SPREADING EAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY EVOLVE
INTO SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT FOR MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND. AN UPSCALE GROWTH TO AN MCS IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF LAMAR COLORADO TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI
NEW MEXICO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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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