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WWUS20 KWNS 082009
SEL7
SPC WW 082009
KSZ000-NEZ000-090300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 287
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 4
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SUMMARY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SUPERCELLS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. LARGE TO GIANT
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPERCELLS. A TORNADO RISK WITH THE
POSSIBILITY FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL SEEMINGLY DEVELOP LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING COINCIDENT WITH PERHAPS SOME
ENHANCEMENT OF LOW-LEVEL SHEAR. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A SEVERE LINEAR
CLUSTER IS FORECAST TO EVENTUALLY EVOLVE THIS EVENING WITH SEVERE
GUSTS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE GUSTS RANGING
FROM 75-90 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS THIS STORM EVOLUTION
OCCURS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOOK NE TO 55
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL KS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 28010.
...SMITH
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