WW 261 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE 192135Z – 200200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 261
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Southwest Nebraska
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* 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…Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will likely develop
through the remainder of the afternoon and early evening. The
stronger storms will be capable of severe gusts and large hail. A
tornado cannot be ruled out with any cyclonic supercell.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north
northwest of Burlington CO to 65 miles east of Mccook NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 258…WW 259…WW 260…
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
27030.
…Smith
