WW 267 SEVERE TSTM CO NM OK TX 112015Z – 120300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 267
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
215 PM MDT Sun Jun 11 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
The Front Range into southeast Colorado
Northeast New Mexico
The western Oklahoma Panhandle
The northwest Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forming over the high terrain
from Colorado into extreme northeast New Mexico, and storms will
spread generally eastward through late evening. The storm
environment will support the potential for supercells with large
hail up to 2 inches in diameter, along with isolated severe outflow
gusts, and perhaps a brief tornado or two.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast
of Colorado Springs CO to 25 miles southwest of Clayton NM. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 265...WW 266...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
28020.
...Thompson
