340 WWUS9 KMKC 031826 SEL8 MKC WW 031819 NMZ000-TXZ000-040000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 188 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 119 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TEXAS PANHANDLE EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CANNON AFB CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS. 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. DISCUSSION...CAP WEAKENING S OF FRONTAL ZONE TX PANHANDLE WITH CAPES NOW TO 2000 J/KG. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED STORMS WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY VICINITY FRONTAL ZONE. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR FRONT CURRENTLY WILL SPREAD E/NEWD TO SOME DISTANCE NORTH OF SHALLOW FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED ALONG TX/NM BORDER VICINITY DRY LINE AND EXTENDING FURTHER S LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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 21020. ...HALES ;351,1034 354,1000 340,1000 333,1034;  340 WWUS9 KMKC 031826 SEL8 MKC WW 031819 NMZ000-TXZ000-040000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 188 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 119 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TEXAS PANHANDLE EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CANNON AFB CLOVIS NEW MEXICO TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS. 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. DISCUSSION...CAP WEAKENING S OF FRONTAL ZONE TX PANHANDLE WITH CAPES NOW TO 2000 J/KG. VEERING SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED STORMS WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY VICINITY FRONTAL ZONE. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR FRONT CURRENTLY WILL SPREAD E/NEWD TO SOME DISTANCE NORTH OF SHALLOW FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED ALONG TX/NM BORDER VICINITY DRY LINE AND EXTENDING FURTHER S LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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 21020. ...HALES ;351,1034 354,1000 340,1000 333,1034;