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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 392
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 392
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   405 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN COLORADO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF AKRON COLORADO TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD
   COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 388...WW 389...WW
   390...WW 391...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE/DEVELOP OVER ERN CO
   THIS EVE...POSING A THREAT FOR HAIL.  THE STORMS SHOULD FOCUS
   FOREMOST ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE S OF DENVER...AN AREA THAT APPEARS
   TO BE COLLOCATED WITH A WEAKENING FRONTAL SURGE.  A FEW STORMS MAY
   ALSO FORM ALONG WEAK FRONT NOW NEAR THE CO/WY BORDER...AND IN SE CO
   /N OF STALLED STRONGER FRONT NEAR ROTAN DIVIDE/.  ALTHOUGH SATELLITE
   SUGGESTS ONSET OF WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING ACROSS REGION
   ATTM...EXISTING THERMODYNAMIC SETUP AND LOW LVL ASCENT ALONG
   PREVIOUSLY-MENTIONED SFC FEATURES SHOULD DOMINATE THROUGH THE EVE. 
   POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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