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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 492

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 PM MDT Mon Jul 7 2025



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Colorado

  Northwest Kansas

  Southwest Nebraska

  Southeast Wyoming



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until

  900 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase over northeast Colorado and

southeast Wyoming, spreading eastward across the watch area through

the early evening.  Damaging wind gusts and hail will be possible in

the strongest storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest

of Sidney NE to 55 miles south southwest of Burlington CO. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Hart