WW 454 SEVERE TSTM CO 062050Z – 070400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 454
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM MDT Thu Jul 6 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North-central and northeast Colorado
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
1000 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A couple supercells may develop initially along and just
east of the Front Range across the I-25 corridor. Additional
supercells will likely form later this evening into northeast
Colorado and these will have the greatest hail and brief tornado
threat.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of
Fort Collins CO to 25 miles west southwest of Limon CO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 452...
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 550. Mean storm motion vector
29030.
...Grams
