URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 479
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far Western Illinois
  Far Eastern Kansas
  Northern Missouri

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms will likely
move east across the Watch area this afternoon into the evening. 
Scattered damaging gusts will be the primary hazard, but an isolated
risk for large hail may accompany the stronger updrafts.  Additional
storms may develop on the flank of this thunderstorm activity later
this afternoon and also pose a risk for hail and wind.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles north
northwest of Kansas City MO to 5 miles south southeast of Quincy IL.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Smith