Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 627

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   SEL7

   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.

   &&

   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

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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW7 
   WW 627 SEVERE TSTM NM OK TX 252050Z - 260400Z
   AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   45SW CAO/CLAYTON NM/ - 60N CDS/CHILDRESS TX/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM N/S /49N TCC - 56N CDS/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..70 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.

   LAT...LON 37150372 36460028 34140028 34830372

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU7.

Watch 627 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.