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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 282

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM MDT WED JUN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON COLORADO TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

AKRON COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 279...WW 280...WW 281...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OFF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE

WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE POST-FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT SHOULD INTENSIFY AS

THEY MOVE EAST INTO AN INCREASING UNSTABLE AIR MASS. SUFFICIENT

SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR ORGANIZED STORM MODES INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WITH

A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.



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 27025.





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