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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 627
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Tue Aug 25 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms is forecast to develop and
intensify this afternoon and continue to grow upscale this evening
into a squall line.  Scattered severe gusts 60 to 80 mph are the
primary hazard.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Clayton NM to 60 miles north of Childress TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 626...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

...Smith