Issued at 2:09 PM CDT, Sun May 10, 2009

For Guadalupe Mountains Of Eddy County, Eddy County Plains, Northern Lea County, Central Lea County, Southern Lea County, Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Andrews, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Van Horn And Highway 54 Corridor, Reeves County And Upper Trans Pecos, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Midland, Glasscock, Ward, Crane, Upton, Reagan, Davis/Apache Mountains Area, Pecos, Presidio Valley, Marfa Plateau, Big Bend Area, Terrell and Guadalupe Mountains:

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND REGION...THE MARFA PLATEAU...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE TRANS PECOS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS STORMS MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER LOWER TRANS PECOS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALSO A CHANCE OF STORMS WILL EXIST TONIGHT ACROSS THE FAR NORTH ALONG A COLD FRONT...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG.

Spotter Information:

ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LOW...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.