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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 536

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

615 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  Northwest Oklahoma



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 615 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will slowly intensify this evening along a

dryline over west-central Kansas and western Oklahoma.  The

strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts, large hail,

and a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of Hill City KS to

15 miles east southeast of Clinton OK. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU6).



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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23035.



...Hart

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