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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 343
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A
COLD FRONT AND SAG SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING. SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF CHANUTE KS TO 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MO. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 341...WW 342...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28035.
...HART
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