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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 490
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
440 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS
FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 440 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA STATE LINE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
POSE A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL UP TO 1-2 INCHES IN DIAMETER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THEY SPREAD SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVENTUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD OUT OF COLORADO LATER
THIS EVENING, WITH A THREAT FOR MAINLY SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS. IF
THIS SCENARIO OCCURS, PEAK GUSTS COULD REACH UP TO 65-75 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
GOODLAND KS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY KS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 489...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30025.
...GLEASON
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