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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST COLORADO



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL

1100 PM MDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

PUEBLO COLORADO TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LAMAR COLORADO.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 304...



DISCUSSION...LARGE MCS IS INTENSIFYING OVER EAST CENTRAL CO AND IS

EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING.  OTHER

MORE ISOLATED CELLS ARE FORMING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL

CO AND WILL ALSO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS EVENING.  SUPERCELLS

AHEAD OF PRIMARY MCS WILL HAVE A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING

WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCS WILL

HAVE PRIMARILY AND DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THREAT.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27030.





...HART

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