WW 42 SEVERE TSTM KS 262120Z – 270200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 42
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Kansas
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
800 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...High-based thunderstorms will spread rapidly northeast
across southwest Kansas. Initially well-mixed thermodynamic profiles
will support severe wind gusts as the primary hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north northeast
of Dodge City KS to 25 miles south southwest of Dodge City KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
22050.
...Grams
