Severe Thunderstorm Watch 310

Issued

Jun 5, 2022, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2022, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1039 Severe potential...watch possibleJun 5, 2:12 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1040 Severe potential...watch possibleJun 5, 2:16 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1043 Severe thunderstorm watch 310...311Jun 5, 6:09 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1045 Severe thunderstorm watch 310...311Jun 5, 8:06 PM MDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 310
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Colorado
  Western and North-Central Kansas
  Southwest Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple corridors of severe storm development including a
few supercells will continue to occur, initially along/north of
Interstate 70 vicinity from eastern Colorado into
northwest/north-central Kansas. Large hail and damaging winds are
possible with the storms. Multiple storm clusters may ultimately
emerge by evening with an increased damaging wind potential.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles east northeast
of Russell KS to 50 miles west southwest of Burlington CO. 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.

&&

AVIATION...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 550. Mean storm motion vector
31020.

...Guyer

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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.