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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO

  SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF

TORRINGTON WYOMING TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LIMON 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 164...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT RANGE

OF NORTH CENTRAL CO INTO SOUTHEAST WY.  ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP OFF

THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO A MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WHERE

VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STORMS.  VERY LARGE

HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES  ARE EXPECTED.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

