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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 98
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT THU APR 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
NORTHWEST MISSOURI
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM UNTIL
1100 PM 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 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACQUIRE
SUPERCELLULAR CHARACTERISTICS, MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
KANSAS. LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
UPDRAFTS. A BRIEF PERIOD FOR A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS WHERE SUPERCELLS WILL BE THE PREFERRED
STORM TYPE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SEVERE GUSTS 60 TO 75 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NORTHEASTWARD TO WHERE AN EVENTUAL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH MO TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DODGE
CITY KS. 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
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25015.
...SMITH
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