Tornado Watch 536

Issued

Oct 26, 2021, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)

Expired

Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 536
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central Kansas
  Northwest Oklahoma

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 615 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will slowly intensify this evening along a
dryline over west-central Kansas and western Oklahoma.  The
strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts, large hail,
and a few tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of Hill City KS to
15 miles east southeast of Clinton OK. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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.

&&

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 23035.

...Hart

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.