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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 398
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 398
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1225 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Colorado
     Northwest Kansas
     Southwest Nebraska
     Far Southeast Wyoming

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM
     until 700 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 85 mph possible
     Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
       to 2.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and
   intensity this afternoon as they spread eastward from the Front
   Range across the central High Plains. Initially large to very large
   hail will be the main threat with more discrete cells. A transition
   to a greater threat for significant severe winds will likely occur
   as a bowing cluster eventually develops later this afternoon into
   the early evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 115
   statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west of Denver
   CO to 25 miles east northeast of Burlington CO. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   28035.

   ...Gleason
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