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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 17
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
840 PM CST WED MAR 3 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
WEST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WINK
TEXAS TO 115 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS.

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.




DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER
THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ACROSS WEST TX AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NM...AND
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE ABI/CDS AREAS. STEEP MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AND AMPLE MOISTURE JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL AID IN
STRONG UPDRAFTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL. STRENGTHENING LOW
LEVEL JET WILL ALSO ENHANCE SHEAR PROFILES AND PROMOTE SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...HART

The first of MANY WWs that get issued in the next 24 hours or so, I am afraid.

you are EXACTLY right Brian. :o

Severe T-storm Warning issued for Andrews County in West Texas. Warning goes until 1045pm CST. Andrews, Frankel City and Florey are in the path of this severe storm, which is moving north at 55 mph! Nickle-size hail and winds to 60 mph are possible.