URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 453
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1235 AM MDT Sat Jul 4 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Colorado
Northwest Kansas
Far Southwest Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday morning from 1235 AM until 600 AM 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...Several strong to severe thunderstorms capable of a large
hail and damaging wind gusts are currently ongoing across northeast
Colorado and northwest Kansas. These storms will likely persist for
the next several hours. Some clustering of these storms is possible,
with the resulting convective line remaining capable of producing
strong gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
of Burlington CO to 10 miles southeast of Hill City KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24020.
...Mosier
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