SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290

WW 290 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 182300Z – 190500Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 290
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  North-Central into East/Southeast Kansas
  South-Central Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday night from 600 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Mainly elevated supercell thunderstorms should continue to
pose a threat for large to very large hail as they move quickly
northward this evening. Occasional severe wind gusts may also occur,
and a tornado is possible. The tornado threat may increase later
this evening across parts of north-central into southeast Kansas,
and a Tornado Watch may be issued later if needed.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Kearney NE to 35 miles south southwest of Emporia KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 286...WW 287...WW
288...WW 289...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29040.

...Gleason

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