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WWUS20 KWNS 162004
SEL7
SPC WW 162004
COZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-WYZ000-170300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 587
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
FAR WESTERN KANSAS
WESTERN NEBRASKA
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
TEXAS PANHANDLE
EASTERN WYOMING
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 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
SUMMARY...AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
IS EXPECTED REGIONALLY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH BOUTS OF LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE AS STORMS DRIFT EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF CHADRON NE TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NM. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 586...
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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28025.
...GUYER
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