WW 320 SEVERE TSTM CO KS 250240Z – 251000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 320 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 840 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of East-Central Colorado Northwest Kansas * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 840 PM until 400 AM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorm cluster over the Colorado Front Range vicinity has trended more linear and increased its eastward progression over the past hour or so. Continued eastward motion should take this storm into more of east-central Colorado and eventually northwestern Kansas tonight. Environmental conditions in this region will supporting a continuing threat for large hail and damaging gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west southwest of Burlington CO to 45 miles southeast of Goodland KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 319... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Mosier