SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 840 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 839 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLATNER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AKRON...OTIS AND PLATNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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