Severe Thunderstorm Watch 222

Issued

May 28, 2021, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

65 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

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 792 Severe thunderstorm watch 219May 28, 6:49 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 795 Severe thunderstorm watch 219...220...222May 28, 9:12 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 290038
SEL2  
SPC WW 290038
TXZ000-290700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 222
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
740 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  South Plains and northern Permian Basin of Texas

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 740 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A complex of thunderstorms is becoming better-organized
over eastern New Mexico at issuance time.  This activity should move
southeastward across the watch area this evening roughly astride a
low-level moist axis, with favorable storm-relative boundary-layer
flow, while offering severe wind and sporadic large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west northwest
of Lubbock TX to 45 miles east northeast of Big Spring TX. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 219...WW 220...WW 221...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Edwards

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

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.