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SEL8 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 398 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1225 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Colorado Northwest Kansas Southwest Nebraska Far Southeast Wyoming * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM until 700 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 85 mph possible Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and intensity this afternoon as they spread eastward from the Front Range across the central High Plains. Initially large to very large hail will be the main threat with more discrete cells. A transition to a greater threat for significant severe winds will likely occur as a bowing cluster eventually develops later this afternoon into the early evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 115 statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west of Denver CO to 25 miles east northeast of Burlington CO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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 75 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28035. ...Gleason