Severe Thunderstorm Watch posted to 11pm Tuesday for S.E. CO

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.