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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 361
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
FAR NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM
UNTIL 400 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
SUMMARY...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD AND POSE
A RISK FOR SEVERE GUSTS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. GUSTS RANGING FROM 60
TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CORES
ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE SQUALL LINE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY KS TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA KS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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...WW 359...WW 360...
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
31035.
...SMITH
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