SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 600

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 600
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far Southwest Iowa
  Far Northeast Kansas
  Northwest Missouri

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 250 PM
  until 800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A bowing segment and a supercell or two will continue to
develop and move into the Watch area this afternoon, with the severe
threat persisting into the early evening.  Severe gusts 60 to 75 mph
are the primary hazard, but isolated large hail may accompany the
stronger thunderstorm cores.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of Falls City NE to 60 miles east northeast of Saint Joseph MO. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 599...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
29035.

...Smith

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