827
WWUS20 KWNS 240436
SEL6
SPC WW 240436
COZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-241100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 386
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
WESTERN KANSAS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT.
A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT BEFORE
SOME ADDITIONAL STORM MERGING AND CONSOLIDATION OF OUTFLOW LEADS TO
UPSCALE GROWTH OF A LARGER LINEAR CLUSTER DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT.
LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE UPDRAFTS
(1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER). SCATTERED SEVERE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE LINEAR CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WITH PEAK GUSTS 60
TO 75 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF MCCOOK NE TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ELKHART KS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 385...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
32030.
...SMITH
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