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SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 584
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Western Nebraska
Eastern Wyoming
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until
900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected to develop, initially near the urban/I-25 corridor, and
gradually spread eastward into this evening, with bouts of severe
hail and locally damaging winds as the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 205
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles northwest of
Limon CO to 30 miles east southeast of Akron CO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
...Guyer
SEL4
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 584
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Colorado
Western Nebraska
Eastern Wyoming
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until
900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected to develop, initially near the urban/I-25 corridor, and
gradually spread eastward into this evening, with bouts of severe
hail and locally damaging winds as the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 205
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles northwest of
Limon CO to 30 miles east southeast of Akron CO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
...Guyer
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW4 WW 584 SEVERE TSTM CO NE WY 152005Z - 160300Z AXIS..205 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE.. 70NW LIC/LIMON CO/ - 30ESE AKO/AKRON CO/ ..AVIATION COORDS.. 180NM N/S /11NNE DEN - 24ESE AKO/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS. MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025. LAT...LON 42950460 42980270 37050270 37020460 THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS FOR WOU4.
Watch 584 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 584 VALID 152035Z - 152140Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..MEAD..08/15/26 ATTN...WFO...BOU...PUB...CYS... && STATUS REPORT FOR WS 584 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS COC001-005-009-011-025-035-039-041-061-071-073-075-087-089-099- 101-121-123-152140- CO . COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAMS ARAPAHOE BACA BENT CROWLEY DOUGLAS ELBERT EL PASO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS LINCOLN LOGAN MORGAN OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO WASHINGTON WELD $$ NEC007-013-033-045-105-123-157-165-152140- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE DAWES KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF SIOUX $$ WYC015-021-027-031-152140- WY . WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE GOSHEN LARAMIE NIOBRARA PLATTE $$ THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. $$
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Tornadoes
| Probability of 2 or more tornadoes |
Low (10%) |
| Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes |
Low ( |
Wind
| Probability of 10 or more severe wind events |
Mod (30%) |
| Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots |
Low (20%) |
Hail
| Probability of 10 or more severe hail events |
Mod (50%) |
| Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches |
Low (20%) |
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
| Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events |
High (70%) |
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.