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SPC WW 071837

COZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-WYZ000-080200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 122

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  WESTERN NEBRASKA

  SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF

FORT COLLINS COLORADO TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF

NORTHERN CO AND SOUTHEAST WY.  OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOON ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD.  A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS ARE

EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...CAPABLE OF LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...HART

