WW 249 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE 302155Z – 310500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 249
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 PM MDT Tue May 30 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Western Nebraska
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until
1100 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Multicell clusters should intensify as they spread east
across the central High Plains this evening. Severe wind gusts will
be the primary hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north northeast
of Alliance NE to 50 miles south southeast of Burlington CO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
26025.
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