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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 233

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO

  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 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 80

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

NORTHWEST OF AKRON COLORADO TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RATON NEW

MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 230...WW 231...WW 232...



DISCUSSION...STORMS ERUPTING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE FRONT

RANGE SHOULD DRIFT EAST INTO MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE AND SR-INFLOW.

EXPECT GRADUAL EVOLUTION TO PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS WITH COINCIDENT

INCREASE IN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREATS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...CARBIN

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