WW 212 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 170355Z - 171100Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 212 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1055 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Far Northeast Kansas Northwest into Northern Missouri * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1055 PM until 600 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms capable of isolated damaging gusts will be possible into the early overnight across northern Missouri. A band of severe thunderstorms is forecast to move east into the Watch from the west and pose a risk for scattered severe gusts during the overnight. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest of Saint Joseph MO to 40 miles east northeast of Chillicothe MO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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 210...WW 211... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Smith Read more

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