WW 346 SEVERE TSTM NM TX 292050Z – 300400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 346
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Thu May 29 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast New Mexico
Far West into West and West-Central Texas
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3.5
inches in diameter likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop
over the northwestern half of the Watch this afternoon. The
stronger thunderstorms will likely become supercells and be capable
of large to giant hail (1 to 3.5 inches in diameter). A tornado is
possible early this evening before additional storms congeal into an
eastward-moving thunderstorm cluster. Severe gusts ranging from
60-85 mph are possible with the more intense downdrafts within the
cluster.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west northwest
of Carlsbad NM to 65 miles north northeast of San Angelo TX. 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.
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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28020.
...Smith