WW 585 SEVERE TSTM KS 160010Z - 160600Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 585 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 710 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwest Kansas * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 710 PM until 100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Cells should continue to merge into a loosely organized cluster while posing some threat for scattered severe/damaging winds across southwest Kansas this evening into early Sunday morning. Isolated hail may also occur with the strongest cells. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest of Garden City KS to 65 miles south southwest of Garden 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 584... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 24025. ...Gleason Read more

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