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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 99
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHERN KANSAS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR A WARM FRONT
DEVELOPING NORTHWARD FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA,
WHERE A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT STAY
ALONG THE WARM FRONT. OTHERWISE, THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL NEAR 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER, ALONG WITH 60-70 MPH OUTFLOW
GUSTS AS ADDITIONAL CONVECTION SPREADS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD FROM
NORTHWEST KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NE TO
15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BEATRICE NE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).
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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.
...THOMPSON
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