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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 444

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO

  WESTERN KANSAS

  FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING OVER THE ERN SLOPES OF THE

COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS SHOULD INCREASE IN

COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF

DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO. THE STORMS SHOULD

MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY NEWD AND MERGE INTO A CLUSTER THAT CONTINUES

E/NE ACROSS WRN KS...WITH A LINGERING RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

SPRINGFIELD COLORADO.  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 442...WW 443...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...CORFIDI

