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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 263

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

120 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  The western Nebraska Panhandle

  Southern and eastern Wyoming



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until

  800 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A band of severe storms, with a history of damaging winds

in Colorado, will continue moving quickly north-northeastward into

Wyoming through the afternoon.  The storm environment across Wyoming

and the Nebraska Panhandle appears favorable for a continued

damaging wind threat.  Isolated large hail may also accompany the

strongest storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100

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

Gillette WY to 25 miles south of Laramie WY. 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 260...WW 261...WW 262...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

21045.



...Thompson

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