Severe Thunderstorm Watch posted to 11pm Tuesday for S.E. CO
Russ Baldwin | Jun 04, 2013 | Comments 0
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 276 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 355 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 276 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: BACA BENT CHEYENNE CROWLEY ELBERT KIOWA KIT CARSON LAS ANIMAS LINCOLN OTERO PROWERS WASHINGTON YUMA
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1240 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1240 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF KIOWA...PROWERS...BACA...BENT...CROWLEY...OTERO AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. INCREASING WIND SHEAR AND ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE INTERACTING WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY AS WELL AS AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS GENERALLY UNDER 50 MPH...LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HAIL GENERALLY UNDER THE SIZE OF PENNIES.
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