Tornado Watch 731

Issued

Aug 10, 2004, 1:15 PM MDT (19:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2004, 9:00 PM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1943Aug 10, 12:41 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1950Aug 10, 6:46 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 101914
SEL1  
SPC WW 101915
COZ000-110300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 731
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EASTERN COLORADO

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 900
PM MDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF AKRON COLORADO TO 40
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TRINIDAD COLORADO.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 730...

DISCUSSION...VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES ERN CO FOR SEVERE STORMS
AS STRONG TROUGH DROPS SEWD THRU NRN HI PLAINS.  LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
COUPLED WITH NEAR ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES RESULTING IN VERY UNSTABLE
WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG AND JUST E OF FRONT RANGE...MOVING/DEVELOPING S/SEWD INTO THE
UNSTABLE AIR MASS CO PLAINS.  SUPERCELLS EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR
VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 33025.


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Tornado Watches in Colorado, 2004Every tornado watch in 2004

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.