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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1230 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM

  UNTIL 700 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON

OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST CO AND AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY

EVENING.  SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES

ARE POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON

COLORADO TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON COLORADO.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20025.





...HART

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