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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 646
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 646
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   120 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Western Colorado
     Eastern Utah
     Southern Wyoming

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until
     800 PM MDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered storms, including some supercells, will continue
   to develop and increase across the region, with large hail and
   severe-caliber wind gusts possible through early/mid-evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
   statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northeast
   of Rock Springs WY to 45 miles south southwest of Blanding UT. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   23030.

   ...Guyer
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