Tornado Watch 376

Issued

Jun 2, 2005, 12:45 PM MDT (18:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 2005, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1122Jun 2, 11:38 AM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1125Jun 2, 2:43 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1127Jun 2, 4:57 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1130Jun 2, 6:59 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 021846
SEL6  
SPC WW 021846
COZ000-030200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 376
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005

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

       NORTHEAST COLORADO

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL
800 PM MDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF AKRON
COLORADO TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...UPSLOPE AND HEATING HAVE DESTABILIZED AIR MASS ACROSS
FRONT RANGE OF NERN CO FOR INITIALIZATION OF THUNDERSTORMS.  WITH
VERY FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE ALONG WITH STEEP
LAPSE RATES AND APPROACH OF MID LEVEL WIND MAX...CONDITIONS SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP EWD OFF FRONT RANGE INTO HIGH PLAINS.  IN
ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE LIKELY WITH ANY
SUPERCELL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...HALES

410,1020 384,1020 384,1051 410,1051

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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.