WW 614 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 082035Z – 090400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 614
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
235 PM MDT Tue Aug 8 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Western Nebraska
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
1000 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 3.5 inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered severe storms will develop through late
afternoon/early evening across the region, including supercells
capable of very large hail and some tornado risk, especially with
the storms across far northeast Colorado/far northwest Kansas/far
southwest Nebraska. Storms will gradually cluster by early evening
with an increased potential for damaging winds, some of them capable
of significantly strong and destructive winds.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 135
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles south
southwest of Torrington WY to 45 miles northeast of Imperial NE. 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 613...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
...Guyer
