URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 464 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 235 PM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF COLORADO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL 1000 PM MDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT COLLINS COLORADO TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON COLORADO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 463... DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND INTO ADJACENT SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...WITHIN A MOIST LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS WHICH IS SUPPORTING MODERATE INSTABILITY. STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON -- LIKELY EVENTUALLY GROWING UPSCALE INTO AN MCS WITH TIME. UNTIL THEN...MORE ISOLATED MULTICELL/SUPERCELL STORMS WILL PERSIST ...WITH THREATS FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS PREVAILING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ALSO EXISTS -- PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MORGAN/WASHINGTON COUNTY VICINITY OF NORTHEAST COLORADO NEAR THE WELL-DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY LYING ACROSS THIS AREA. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27015. spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0464.html (ce)
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