TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362

   SEL2          URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED     TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK     1145 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012          THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A     TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF                  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO            MUCH OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE            SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING          EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL     800 PM MDT.          TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND     GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE     AREAS.          THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE     MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF     CHADRON NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DENVER COLORADO.      FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH     OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).          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...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING FROM SERN WY INTO THE     FOOTHILLS OF NRN CO IN ADVANCE OF TWO SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVING     ACROSS THE NRN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES.  LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RETURNED     WWD TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE     50S.  VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUDS DIMINISHING OVER NERN CO AND     BREAKS DEVELOPING OVER SERN WY...WHICH WILL PROMOTE STRONG AFTERNOON     HEATING AND FURTHER DESTABILIZATION.  FAVORABLY LOW LCL HEIGHTS AND     INCREASING VERTICAL SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR     SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND     GUSTS..AND POSSIBLY SEVERAL TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL GRADUALLY     DEVELOP EWD WITH TIME AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TOWARD THE     HIGH PLAINS.          AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL     SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE     WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO     500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.