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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 240
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WW0240 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 240
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   135 PM MDT Fri May 26 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Colorado
     Nebraska Panhandle
     Southeast Wyoming

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
     900 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are building across the mountains and
   foothills of central Colorado and southern Wyoming.  This activity
   will spread eastward and intensify through the afternoon, with a
   risk of large hail in the strongest cells.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north northeast
   of Douglas WY to 30 miles southeast of Pueblo CO. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   24025.

   ...Hart
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