WW 602 SEVERE TSTM CO 242055Z – 250300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 602
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
900 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 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Multiple supercells should continue to pose a threat for
mainly large hail up to 1-2 inches in diameter as they move slowly
south-southeastward across parts of eastern Colorado this afternoon
and evening. Occasional severe/damaging winds may also occur.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Pueblo CO to 35 miles south southeast of Burlington CO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
35020.
...Gleason
