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Tornado Watch 378
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 378
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   735 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN COLORADO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 735 PM UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO
   COLORADO TO 90 MILES EAST OF LIMON COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 376. WATCH NUMBER 376 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 735
   PM MDT. CONTINUE...WW 377...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO TRAIN ENEWD ALONG WSW/ESE
   ORIENTED BOUNDARY SAGGING SLOWLY S ACROSS E CNTRL CO.  AREA
   PROFILERS AND VWP DATA ...COUPLED WITH EVENING RAOBS...CONTINUE TO
   SHOW ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE
   HAIL AND POSSIBLE  TORNADOES.  ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY TRANSITION INTO
   A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS WITH INCREASING HIGH WIND POTENTIAL LATER
   THIS EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 26030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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