Tornado Watch 225

Issued

Jun 4, 2014, 11:06 PM MDT (05:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2014, 3:04 AM MDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 823Jun 4, 8:09 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 825Jun 4, 10:50 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 827Jun 5, 12:35 AM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 830Jun 5, 2:50 AM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 050506
SEL5  
SPC WW 050506
COZ000-KSZ000-051000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 225
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1105 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN COLORADO
  WESTERN KANSAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1105
  PM UNTIL 400 AM MDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
BURLINGTON COLORADO TO 65 MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON COLORADO. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 221...WW 222...WW
223...WW 224...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL CLUSTER THAT HAS EVOLVED IN E CNTRL CO
EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY ESE THROUGH EARLY
THU. WITH STORMS LIKELY TO INGEST INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW-LVL AIR
WITH EWD EXTENT AND AMPLE LOW-LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR PRESENT PER AREA
VWP DATA FOR STRONG LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES...SETUP COULD YIELD
OCCASIONAL TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DMGG
WIND. EVENTUAL UPSCALE GROWTH INTO AN MCS ALSO MAY OCCUR /REF MCD
825/.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...CORFIDI

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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.