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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 639

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 639

[html]WW 639 SEVERE TSTM CO NE WY 191945Z - 200300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 639
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Colorado
  Nebraska Panhandle
  Southeast Wyoming

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 145 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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to build eastward off the
foothills of this afternoon, spreading across the watch area.  The
strongest storms will pose a risk of large hail and locally damaging
wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles southeast of
Pueblo CO to 20 miles northwest of Chadron NE. For a co*plete
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.

&&

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
24025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 639 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0639.html)