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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 86
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
440 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 440 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSING A RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL,
DAMAGING GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES (A COUPLE POSSIBLY STRONG/EF-2+)
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS WESTERN OK AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS, AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. INITIALLY DISCRETE
CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A LINE AS CONVECTION SPREADS
EAST, INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS WITH TIME INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS, THOUGH A TORNADO AND HAIL RISK ALSO WILL PERSIST.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE
LODGE KS TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TX. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 85...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...LEITMAN
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