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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 262
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 262
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1215 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and eastern Colorado

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1215 PM
     until 800 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
       mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...High-based thunderstorms are developing just east of the
   Front Range in southeast Colorado, and additional development
   northward is expected through the afternoon.  A separate broken band
   of severe storms in western Colorado will likely affect the higher
   mountain areas of central Colorado this afternoon.  The storm
   environment across central Colorado will favor a mix of fast-moving
   supercells and bowing segments, while high-based storm clusters are
   expected farther east.  The storm environment favors damaging winds
   as a primary threat, some of which could be significant, as well as
   isolated large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast
   of Fort Collins CO to 45 miles west southwest of Trinidad CO. 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 260...WW 261...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   21045.

   ...Thompson
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