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WWUS20 KWNS 261802

SEL3

SPC WW 261802

COZ000-270100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1205 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM

  UNTIL 700 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS

OF EASTERN CO...AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS

AFTERNOON.  INTENSE CELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A

TORNADO OR TWO ARE FORECAST.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUEBLO

COLORADO TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON COLORADO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

