SPC Tornado Watch 287

WW 287 TORNADO KS OK TX 182040Z – 190300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 287
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  South Central Kansas
  Western and Central Oklahoma
  Northeast Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely
  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms are expected to rapidly intensify
along a dryline and warm front and spread across the watch area
through the evening.  Very large hail and a few tornadoes are
possible.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest of Russell KS
to 25 miles south southwest of Fort Sill OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 286...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 25030.

...Hart

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