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WW 154 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 270210Z - 270900Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 154 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 910 PM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Kansas Northwest Missouri * Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 910 PM until 400 AM 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 likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will increase from west to east across the watch area through the nighttime hours. Isolated to scattered elevated supercell storms will pose a risk for large to very large hail and damaging wind gusts. If a storm can become surface based as a warm front lifts northward across central/southern Kansas, a tornado or two also will be possible. The the tornado risk is more conditional and uncertain, with the hail and wind risk expected to be the predominate severe hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 165 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast of Manhattan KS to 50 miles south southeast of Manhattan KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 150...WW 151...WW 152...WW 153... 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 27035. ...Leitman Read more

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