Severe Thunderstorm Watch 224

Issued

May 29, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 2021, 2:00 AM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Sherman County, TX

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 804 Tornado watch 223May 29, 5:30 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 805 Severe thunderstorm watch 224May 29, 8:20 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 807 Severe thunderstorm watch 224May 29, 10:59 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 808 Severe potential...watch unlikelyMay 30, 1:00 AM MDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 224
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Sat May 29 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 730 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Initially, an isolated supercell moving southeastward
between Kim and Campo, Colorado will move into the western Oklahoma
Panhandle. Other development may occur across northeast New Mexico
and/or across other parts of southeast Colorado this evening via an
upscale-growing cluster of storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest
of Clayton NM to 25 miles south southeast of Elkhart KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 223...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29020.

...Guyer

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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.