SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 207

WW 207 SEVERE TSTM NM TX 012300Z – 020600Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 207
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northeast New Mexico
  Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 600 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A linear cluster of cells will likely grow upscale into a
linear band of storms as this activity intensifies and moves
east-southeast across the Watch area this evening.  Large hail and
severe gusts will be possible with the more intense thunderstorms
and surging outflow.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Clayton NM to 55 miles north northeast of Childress TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 204...WW
205...WW 206...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
29025.

...Smith

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