http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0424.html
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO
PARTS OF NORTH AND WEST KANSAS
LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 335 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMON
COLORADO TO 50 MILES EAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY EWD
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME MDTLY UNSTABLE WITH
50-60KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR. SUPERCELLS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY LARGE
HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT THRU
THE EVENING. STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING
SEVERE MCS LATER THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
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Statement as of 5:03 PM CDT on June 15, 2009
Tornado Watch 424 remains in effect until 1200 am CDT for the
following locations
Co
. Colorado counties included are
Adams Arapahoe Cheyenne
Denver Douglas Elbert
Kit Carson Lincoln Logan
Morgan Phillips Sedgwick
Washington Weld Yuma
Statement as of 4:09 PM MDT on June 15, 2009
... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 445 PM MDT
for central Weld and northwestern Morgan counties...
At 410 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter size hail... and
damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located 6 miles
northwest of Jackson Reservoir... or 22 miles northwest of Fort
Morgan... moving northeast at 25 mph.
Locations remaining in the warning include but are not limited to
Weldona... Riverside Reservoir... Orchard... New Raymer... Log Lane
Village... Jackson Reservoir... Goodrich and Fort Morgan.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
If severe weather approaches your area... go inside a sturdy shelter
away from creek beds and other flood-prone areas. Remember... a severe
thunderstorm can produce large damaging hail... damaging winds in
excess of 58 mph... deadly lightning... and very heavy rain.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT Monday evening
for northeastern Colorado.
Lat... Lon 4062 10371 4025 10379 4025 10431 4062 10425
time... Mot... loc 2210z 271deg 17kt 4043 10415