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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 635
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
815 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 85 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A WELL-ORGANIZED AND LOCALLY INTENSE CLUSTER OF STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY PROGRESS SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHERN KANSAS. WIND
DAMAGE IS THE PRIMARY HAZARD, AND SOME LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT
GUSTS/DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK
NE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HILL CITY KS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).
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 632...WW 633...WW 634...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
34040.
...GUYER
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