WW 613 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NM OK TX 172055Z – 180400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 613
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM MDT Wed Sep 17 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Colorado
Southwest Kansas
Northeast New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 255 PM
until 1000 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Initially isolated severe storms including some supercells
will continue to develop initially across southeast Colorado and
northeast New Mexico including Front Range areas and Raton Mesa.
Bouts of large hail can be expected as the most probable hazard,
with stronger winds also possible and perhaps a brief tornado risk.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Pueblo CO to 75 miles southwest of Dalhart TX. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
...Guyer
