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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 206

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

605 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO

  NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 605 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...AND IN

TORNADO WATCH 203 AT THIS TIME...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO

THIS NEW WATCH WITH SOME THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS TO PERSIST AND OFFER

A TORNADO THREAT.  ADDITIONAL STORMS ALSO MAY DEVELOP NEAR A DRYLINE

ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF THE WATCH...AND BECOME SEVERE.  DAMAGING

WIND ALSO IS LIKELY...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE

DISCUSSION 712 FOR MORE METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

GOODLAND KANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTH OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 203...WW 204...WW 205...



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 27025.





...EDWARDS

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