WWUS20 KWNS 090031 SEL0 SPC WW 090031 KSZ000-090600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 290 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 730 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Eastern Kansas * Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 730 PM until 100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 85 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Supercells should continue to transition and grow upscale into an intense bowing cluster this evening. Occasional large to very large hail and perhaps a tornado or two will remain possible with any thunderstorms that can remain at least semi-discrete. Otherwise, numerous to potentially widespread severe/damaging winds appear likely with the bowing complex. Peak gusts may reach up to 75-85 mph on an isolated basis. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Salina KS to 35 miles southeast of Topeka KS. 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 287...WW 288...WW 289... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 30035. ...Gleason