WW 89 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 062005Z – 070200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 89
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
305 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Kansas
Southeast Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms are expected to further develop and
intensify across north-central/east-central Kansas through
mid-afternoon, and move into other parts of eastern/southeast Kansas
and southeast Nebraska by late afternoon and early evening.
Severe-caliber wind gusts should be the most common risk, but some
hail is possible and a brief tornado could also occur, even with
modest moisture.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast
of Grand Island NE to 55 miles southeast of Wichita KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 88…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
22040.
…Guyer
