WW 526 SEVERE TSTM CO NE WY 201930Z – 210300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 526
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
130 PM MDT Thu Jul 20 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Southwest Nebraska
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 130 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 winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop off the foothills this
afternoon and spread into the plains. Supercells capable of very
large hail and damaging winds are the main threat. There is a
corridor across east-central Colorado that may also see a few
tornadoes.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Cheyenne WY to 50 miles west southwest of Springfield CO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 522...WW 523...WW
524...WW 525...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Hart
