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Thunderstorm watch issued for 17 eastern Colorado counties Saturday
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of eastern Colorado, along with portions of three other states, through 10:00 p.m. MDT Saturday.
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Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail with two-inch diameters, along with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, are possible. Tornadoes are not expected to accompany the storms.
Counties under the watch include
- Bent
- Cheyenne
- Crowley
- Elbert
- El Paso
- Kiowa
- Kit Carson
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Morgan
- Otero
- Phillips
- Prowers
- Pueblo
- Sedgwick
- Washington
- Yuma
The watch also includes four Kansas counties, 18 Nebraska counties and eight South Dakota counties.