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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 341

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM MDT Sat Aug 18 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Colorado

  Northeast New Mexico



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM

  until 800 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  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 will develop off the mountains of

south-central Colorado and northeast New Mexico, and track eastward

across the watch area this afternoon.  Large hail and damaging winds

will be possible in the strongest cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast

of Limon CO to 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas NM. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



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AVIATION...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

28025.



...Hart

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