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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 322
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WW0322 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 322
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   225 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN COLORADO
     FAR WESTERN KANSAS
     WESTERN NEBRASKA
     SOUTHEAST WYOMING

   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM MDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
   TORRINGTON WYOMING TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD
   COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 321...

   DISCUSSION...AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CO/SOUTHEAST WY FRONT
   RANGE INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. VEERING WIND PROFILES AND A
   RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS/MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN
   SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED MULTICELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. AS STORMS
   SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD...THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE MCS/S MAY
   OCCUR BY EARLY/MID EVENING...WITH MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT
   POSSIBLE.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 30025.


   ...GUYER
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