This is for my friends around my area of Cañon City, CO. The NWS - TopicsExpress



          

This is for my friends around my area of Cañon City, CO. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of the southeast quarter of Colorado parts of northeast New Mexico western parts of the Oklahoma Panhandle northwestern portions of the Texas Panhandle * effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until 1000 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... several large hail events with a few very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible several damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible a few tornadoes possible The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of Pueblo Colorado to 15 miles south southwest of Clayton New Mexico. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (wous64 kwns wou5). 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 463... ww 464... Discussion... isolated storms continue to develop across portions of southeast Colorado and adjacent northeast New Mexico... where moderate instability has developed in conjunction with diurnal heating of the moist boundary-layer airmass. With ample shear for organized storms across the region... large hail and damaging winds will be possible with stronger cells. Upscale growth into an MCS is possible with time -- with some corresponding increase in damaging wind potential. Aviation... a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27015. ... Goss
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 20:49:27 +0000

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