WW 617 SEVERE TSTM CO KS OK 230125Z – 230800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 617
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
825 PM CDT Mon Sep 22 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
east central Colorado
western and central Kansas
northern Oklahoma
* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 825 PM
until 300 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to rapidly increase in coverage
and intensity by late evening, with one or two organizing clusters
developing and posing increasing potential for severe wind gusts, in
addition to large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110
statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north of Dodge
City KS to 40 miles west southwest of Alva OK. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26030.
...Kerr
