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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 341
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WW0341 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 341
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1100 AM MDT SUN JUN 7 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST COLORADO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
   500 PM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF
   FORT COLLINS COLORADO TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AKRON
   COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
   RANGE IN THE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW REGIME TO THE N OF A SLOW-MOVING
   FRONT.  SURFACE HEATING IN CLOUD BREAKS AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
   RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MODERATE INSTABILITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
   ON THE IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY...AND STORM COVERAGE WILL
   LIKELY INCREASE AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES NEWD FROM CENTRAL CO. 
   THE COMBINATION OF VERTICAL SHEAR AND STRONG DEEP LAYER VERTICAL
   SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED VERY
   LARGE HAIL.  ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AND AN
   ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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