SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 598

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 598
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1000 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Kansas
  Western Missouri

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1000 PM
  until 400 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should spread southeastward tonight into
early Wednesday morning while posing some threat for severe/damaging
winds and occasional hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west of Topeka
KS to 5 miles south southeast of Knob Noster MO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30030.

...Gleason

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