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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 175
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Eastern New Mexico
  West Texas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered severe thunderstorms are
forecast to develop this afternoon into the evening.  Supercells
capable of large to very large hail and possibly a couple of
tornadoes will be the primary hazards.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of Tucumcari NM to
45 miles south southwest of Hobbs NM. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 27020.

...Smith