SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 295

WW 295 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 092215Z - 100500Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 295 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 515 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central into Southwest Kansas Far South-Central Nebraska * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 515 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to move east into the Watch area through the early evening. The stronger thunderstorms will be capable of a risk for large hail and severe gusts. Some additional linear clustering is expected this evening with severe outflow winds becoming increasingly probable with the more intense cores. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles northwest of Concordia KS to 55 miles west southwest of Medicine Lodge KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 293...WW 294... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 24025. ...Smith Read more