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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 290
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
730 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 85
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRANSITION AND GROW UPSCALE
INTO AN INTENSE BOWING CLUSTER THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LARGE TO
VERY LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN REMAIN AT LEAST SEMI-DISCRETE.
OTHERWISE, NUMEROUS TO POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS
APPEAR LIKELY WITH THE BOWING COMPLEX. PEAK GUSTS MAY REACH UP TO
75-85 MPH ON AN ISOLATED BASIS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF SALINA KS TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 287...WW 288...WW 289...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30035.
...GLEASON
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