Severe Thunderstorm Watch 169

Issued

May 14, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 613 Severe thunderstorm watch 169May 14, 5:06 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 616 Severe thunderstorm watch 169May 14, 7:45 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 142125
SEL9  
SPC WW 142125
NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-150400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 169
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  East-central New Mexico
  Oklahoma Panhandle
  Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Initial discrete cells across east-central New Mexico
should consolidate into a modestly organized cluster with severe
wind and hail as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Guymon OK to 50 miles west southwest of Plainview TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

&&

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
26030.

...Grams

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.