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WWUS20 KWNS 231852

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SPC WW 231852

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 PM MDT SAT MAY 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM

  UNTIL 700 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS

EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY EVOLVING TOWARD A MORE

LINEAR CONFIGURATION WITH TIME AS STORMS SPREAD NORTHEAST OFF THE

HIGHER TERRAIN AND INTO THE PLAINS.  HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS

WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF BRIEF TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

AKRON COLORADO TO 40 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD COLORADO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 194...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...GOSS

