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WWUS20 KWNS 082152
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SPC WW 082152
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 608
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 450 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
EXISTS FROM THE NORTHEAST TX PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL
KS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY WITHIN THIS AIRMASS, AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUPERCELL APPEARS LIKELY. LARGE TO ISOLATED
VERY LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARD, WITH A FEW STRONG
DOWNDRAFTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. GIVEN THE SUPERCELL STORM MODE AND
PRESENCE OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES, A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF MEDICINE LODGE KS TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BORGER TX. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28025.
...MOSIER
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