URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 214
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
310 PM CDT Sun May 17 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Far Southwest Iowa
  North-Central and Northeast Kansas
  Southeast Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 310 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...The airmass ahead of the approaching cold front from
southeast Nebraska into north-central/northeast Kansas continues to
destabilize amid strong heating and low-level moisture advection.
Discrete thunderstorm development is possible in the warm sector
ahead of this cold front, with the environmental conditions
supportive of supercells capable of all hazards, including very
large hail to 3" in diameter and strong tornadoes. Thunderstorm
development is possible along the front as well, with large hail and
damaging gusts as the primary hazards with these storms.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles
east and west of a line from 10 miles north northeast of Columbus NE
to 25 miles south of Concordia KS. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 24035.

...Mosier