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Tornado Watch 332
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WW0332 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 332
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   250 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST COLORADO
          EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS
          WESTERN NEBRASKA
          SOUTHEAST WYOMING
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM MDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF TORRINGTON
   WYOMING TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AKRON COLORADO.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...DESPITE WIDESPREAD HIGH CLOUDS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
   HAVE DEVELOPED RECENTLY OVER THE LARAMIE RANGE IN SE WY.  CONTINUED
   UPSLOPE FLOW OF BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW-MID 50S AND SLOW
   SURFACE HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING CAPE...WEAKENING
   CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FROM
   WY INTO CO.  GIVEN THE MODERATE INSTABILITY /MLCAPE NEAR 2000 J/KG
   AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES NEAR 8 C/KM/ AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF
   45-55 KT...ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
   ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
   INCREASES WITH EWD EXTENT AND WITH TIME THIS EVENING AS THE LLJ
   STRENGTHENS...AND THIS INCREASING SHEAR WILL LIKEWISE SUPPORT AN
   INCREASING THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THIS EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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