WW 350 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 292100Z – 300300Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 350
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Far Western Kansas
Western Nebraska
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM
until 900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Widely scattered severe storms are expected across the
region, with bouts of large hail and locally damaging winds
possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest
of Chadron NE to 15 miles south southwest of Springfield CO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 349…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26025.
…Guyer
