URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 694
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 PM MDT Thu Oct 22 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and southwest New Mexico

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms in western New Mexico will spread
northeastward into the watch area through this evening.  A mix of
supercells and storm clusters will be capable of producing isolated
large hail near 1.5 inches in diameter and thunderstorm gusts of
60-70 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest
of Santa Fe NM to 35 miles south of Deming NM. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 693...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
22030.

...Thompson