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WWUS20 KWNS 210020
SEL9
SPC WW 210020
KSZ000-NEZ000-210800-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 359
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN KANSAS
SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE
GUSTS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR
OUTFLOW ALONG THE LEADING GUST FRONT. SEVERE GUSTS RANGING FROM 60
TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORM CORES. AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES THIS EVENING
AND A LINEAR CLUSTER EVOLVES, A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE THAT
WOULD BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF HASTINGS NE TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KS. 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 356...WW 357...WW 358...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28030.
...SMITH
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