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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 262
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1250 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST WYOMING
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
800 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES, WITH MOVEMENT DOWNSTREAM INTO THE
FOOTHILL EXPECTED SHORTLY. FURTHER EASTWARD DEVELOPMENT INTO MORE OF
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FAVOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING GUSTS. SOME ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL AND SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A LOW-PROBABILITY TORNADO RISK EXISTS
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AS WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF TORRINGTON WY TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 261...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
24025.
...MOSIER
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