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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
440 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KANSAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 440 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ONGOING SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHWARD LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS. SCATTERED
LARGE TO ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
SUPERCELLS GIVEN A RATHER FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. PEAK HAILSTONE
DIAMETERS MAY REACH UP TO 2-3 INCHES IN DIAMETER ON AN ISOLATED
BASIS. OCCASIONAL SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN
CITY KS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY KS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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
3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
36020.
...GLEASON
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