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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 203

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

  800 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM SOON OVER THE FOOTHILLS NEAR

DENVER AND SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY

EVENING.  PARAMETERS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY

LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DENVER

COLORADO TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF AKRON 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 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





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