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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 333

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM MDT Mon Aug 6 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The central and southern parts of the Front Range and southeastern

Colorado

  Extreme northeastern New Mexico



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  900 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forming over the Front Range/foothills

from south of Denver to the Raton Mesa.  Storm coverage/intensity

will likely increase through the afternoon as storms begin to move

southeast off the higher terrain, and the storm environment will

favor supercells capable of producing large hail and damaging winds.

An isolated brief/weak tornado cannot be ruled out this

afternoon/evening across southeastern Colorado.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Limon CO to 45 miles southeast of Trinidad CO. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 332...



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

31020.



...Thompson

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