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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 260

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1220 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1220 PM UNTIL

  800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

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

AKRON COLORADO TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD

COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 259...



DISCUSSION...STRONG SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE CNTRL

ROCKIES AIDING THE UPWARD EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION AS IT SPREADS OFF

THE FRONT RANGE.  DEVELOPING SUPERCELL ACTIVITY SHOULD MERGE INTO A

SQUALL LINE AS CONVECTION SPREADS/PROPAGATES TOWARD SOUTHEAST

COLORADO THIS EVENING.  WIND THREAT SHOULD INCREASE AS SQUALL LINE

MATURES.



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 27030.





...DARROW

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