URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 682
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
400 PM CDT Tue Oct 13 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern into Eastern Kansas
  West-Central into Northwest Missouri

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until
  1100 PM 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 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop and
intensify through the late afternoon and early evening.  Supercells
and severe multicells will pose a risk for mainly large hail (1 to
2.5 inches in diameter) and severe gusts (60 to 80 mph).  A tornado
is also possible before storm mergers result in coalescing outflow
during the evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of Medicine Lodge KS to 40 miles northeast of Kansas City MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26030.

...Smith