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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 229
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM
UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG
A COLD FRONT AS IT SLOWLY DRIFTS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO
NORTH-CENTRAL/FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA, SOUTHEAST KANSAS, AND
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DAMAGING GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARDS,
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THERE IS ALSO A
LOW-PROBABILITY RISK OF A BRIEF LINE-EMBEDDED TORNADO.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF ENID
OK TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONETT MO. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 227...WW 228...
AVIATION...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
27030.
...MOSIER
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