WW 322 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 172025Z – 180400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 322 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 225 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO FAR WESTERN KANSAS WESTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST WYOMING * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL 1000 PM MDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON WYOMING TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD COLORADO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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 321... DISCUSSION...AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CO/SOUTHEAST WY FRONT RANGE INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. VEERING WIND PROFILES AND A RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS/MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED MULTICELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. AS STORMS SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD...THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE MCS/S MAY OCCUR BY EARLY/MID EVENING...WITH MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT POSSIBLE. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025. ...GUYER
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