Tornado Watch 392

Issued

Jun 7, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1997, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Culberson County, TX, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 392
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
453 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO                         
   FAR WEST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
1000 PM MDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST OF SOCORRO NEW MEXICO TO 60 MILES WEST
OF MARFA TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 391.  WATCH NUMBER 391 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 500 PM
MDT.

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS EVENING IN WATCH AREA.  40-45 KT MID
LEVEL SW FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND 15-20 KT
SSE FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WILL MAINTAIN FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR
PROFILE FOR SUSTAINED UPDRAFTS.  

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 19030.

...CORFIDI

340,1042 302,1033 302,1062 340,1072

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