WW 398 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE WY 081825Z – 090100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 398
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1225 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Southwest Nebraska
Far Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM
until 700 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 85 mph possible
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and
intensity this afternoon as they spread eastward from the Front
Range across the central High Plains. Initially large to very large
hail will be the main threat with more discrete cells. A transition
to a greater threat for significant severe winds will likely occur
as a bowing cluster eventually develops later this afternoon into
the early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 115
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west of Denver
CO to 25 miles east northeast of Burlington CO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
…Gleason
