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WWUS20 KWNS 141938

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SPC WW 141938

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

140 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL

  800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SPLITTING SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THIS

AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...AND STORMS WILL SPREAD TO THE

SOUTHEAST INTO THIS EVENING.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN

THREAT...WITH HAIL TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER OR LARGER POSSIBLE WITH

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

PUEBLO COLORADO TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF RATON NEW MEXICO.

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 382...WW 383...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32020.





...THOMPSON

