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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 460

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

435 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southern Kansas

  Northern and Central Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 435 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Robust thunderstorm development is underway across

southern Kansas into northern Oklahoma. Supercells will pose a

threat for large to very large hail up to 1.5-2.5 inches in

diameter. One or more intense bowing clusters will likely develop

this evening and move southeastward across northern/central/eastern

Oklahoma while posing a threat for scattered to numerous

severe/damaging winds. Isolated significant wind gusts up to 75-85

mph will be possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of

Clinton OK to 55 miles east northeast of Tulsa OK. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 454...WW 455...WW

456...WW 457...WW 458...WW 459...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

30030.



...Gleason