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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 419

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

120 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  eastern Colorado

  Nebraska Panhandle

  southeastern Wyoming



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 120 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 forming near the Front Range will intensify

this afternoon, while spreading southeastward off the higher

terrain.  A couple of supercells are possible, along with one or two

growing clusters of storms, which may pose a risk for severe wind,

in addition to large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

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

of Cheyenne WY to 55 miles southeast of Colorado Springs CO. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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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

34015.



...Kerr

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