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WWUS20 KWNS 232237
SEL5
SPC WW 232237
COZ000-NEZ000-WYZ000-240700-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
SOUTHEAST WYOMING
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 435
PM UNTIL 100 AM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
SUPERCELLULAR WITH A LARGE TO GIANT HAIL RISK (1 TO 3.5 INCHES IN
DIAMETER) LIKELY ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS. SEVERE GUSTS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED WITH HIGH-BASED STORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WYOMING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH THE STRONGER SUPERCELLS AND CLUSTERS
FORECAST TO EVOLVE OVER THE PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. A
TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH A SUPERCELL MAINLY THIS
EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF TORRINGTON WY TO 65 MILES EAST OF PUEBLO CO. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 381...WW 382...WW
383...WW 384...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
31020.
...SMITH
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