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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 224
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  South Central Kansas

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Rapid thunderstorm development is expected this afternoon
across the watch area.  Very large hail is the main concern, but
parameters also support the risk of a few tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
north and south of a line from 25 miles south southwest of Dodge
City KS to 75 miles east of Dodge City 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 220...WW 221...WW
222...WW 223...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 26030.

...Hart