WW 606 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 072000Z – 080300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 606
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM MDT Mon Aug 7 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Western Nebraska
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 3 inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will continue to develop
across the region this afternoon. This will include supercells
capable of very large hail, and possibly some (mostly brief) tornado
risk. Damaging wind potential may also increase by late
afternoon/early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles north of
Scottsbluff NE to 15 miles east 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 599...WW 600...WW
601...WW 602...WW 603...WW 604...WW 605...
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
29025.
...Guyer
