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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 191

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1225 PM MDT Tue Jun 19 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Colorado



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM until

  700 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms are developing on the front Range of northern

Colorado, and additional storms will develop southward this

afternoon.  Storms will intensify over the next few hours with

potential to produce very large hail, damaging winds and a few

tornadoes as activity spreads eastward into the Plains.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles

east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest of Akron CO to

45 miles west of Springfield CO. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 26025.



...Weiss

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