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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 444
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 444
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   145 PM MDT Sun Aug 16 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Colorado
     Western Kansas
     Far southwest Nebraska

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
     1000 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
       mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Multiple supercells and multicell clusters will spread
   south and southeast across eastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska
   into western Kansas through this evening. Very large hail and a
   brief tornado or two will be the greatest initial risks. With a
   time, a larger cluster or MCS should form, with an increasing risk
   for severe wind gusts (some may be significant).

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of
   Lamar CO to 30 miles southeast of Mccook NE. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 443...

   AVIATION...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 600. Mean storm motion vector
   35025.

   ...Grams
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