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Tornado Watch 445
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WW0445 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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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 445
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   330 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO
          PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INCLUDING SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   FORT COLLINS COLORADO TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW
   NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 439...WW 440...WW
   441...WW 442...WW 443...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FROM
   THE LOW LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION VICINITY DEN ENEWD ACROSS WATCH
   ALONG FRONTAL ZONE IN SWRN NEB.  WITH A VERY TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE
   AIR MASS AND FAVORABLE SHEAR IN PLACE...SUPERCELLS SHOULD DEVELOP
   RAPIDLY.  TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
   SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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