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WWUS20 KWNS 231903
SEL6
SPC WW 231903
KSZ000-240200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 136
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...INTENSE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED INITIALLY ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHERN/EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON,
BECOMING MORE SCATTERED/WIDESPREAD INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF EASTERN KANSAS. ALL SEVERE HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED,
INCLUDING TORNADOES, VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN
KS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KS. 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 134...WW 135...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
...GUYER
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