WW 358 SEVERE TSTM CO NE WY 221815Z – 230300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 358
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1215 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North Central Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1215 PM
until 900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Several intense thunderstorms including supercells will
affect the watch area through the afternoon and evening, posing a
risk of very large hail. A tornado or two may also occur later this
afternoon.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest
of Torrington WY to 40 miles east southeast of Colorado Springs CO.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.
...Hart
