A Tornado Watch is in effect until 8 p.m. MST Thursday for 13 counties across northern and eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center issued Tornado Watch 693 at 10:10 a.m. MST.
A couple of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are possible.
The watch is in effect until 9 p.m. MDT in New Mexico.
Counties in the Watch
Arizona (7): Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee and Navajo.
New Mexico (6): Catron, Cibola, Grant, Hidalgo, McKinley and San Juan.
The watch area runs along and 80 miles east and west of a line from 85 miles southwest of Silver City, New Mexico, to 105 miles north-northwest of Gallup, New Mexico.
What SPC Expects
An upper trough is approaching, and the environment stays favorable for locally intense storms and supercells.
The best chance of tornadoes is in eastern Arizona and far western New Mexico.
Tornadoes: a couple possible.
Hail: scattered large hail, with isolated very large hail to 2 inches in diameter.
Wind: scattered damaging gusts to 70 mph.
SPC rates the chance of tornadoes as moderate and the chance of EF2 or stronger tornadoes as low.
Storms Already Active
NWS Flagstaff issued a Tornado Warning for parts of Yavapai County this morning, until 10 a.m. MST.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning covered Sedona, Kachina Village and the Flagstaff airport area until 10:15 a.m.
A later Severe Thunderstorm Warning covered Aripine in Navajo County until 11:15 a.m.
In New Mexico, NWS Albuquerque issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Quemado until 12:30 p.m. MDT.
What to Do
A watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and near the watch area.
Stay alert and listen for later statements and warnings.
If a warning is issued, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building, away…
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