Tornado Watch 334

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 334
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL
800 PM MDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
FORT COLLINS COLORADO TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON
COLORADO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN CO THIS AFTERNOON...AS STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES
NEWD INTO THE AREA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AT 60 KT AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY INDICATES NUMEROUS SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY. STRONG
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. THE PRESENCE OF
A WARM FRONT AND STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR SUGGEST TORNADOES ARE ALSO
LIKELY. INITIAL STORMS NEAR THE FRONT RANGE WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD
EWD INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17035.
...IMY