Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 585

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 585
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   710 PM CDT Sat Aug 15 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southwest Kansas

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 710 PM
     until 100 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Cells should continue to merge into a loosely organized
   cluster while posing some threat for scattered severe/damaging winds
   across southwest Kansas this evening into early Sunday morning.
   Isolated hail may also occur with the strongest cells.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest
   of Garden City KS to 65 miles south southwest of Garden City KS. For
   a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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 584...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   24025.

   ...Gleason

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW5 
   WW 585 SEVERE TSTM KS 160010Z - 160600Z
   AXIS..55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   45NNW GCK/GARDEN CITY KS/ - 65SSW GCK/GARDEN CITY KS/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /39NNW GCK - 10W LBL/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.

   LAT...LON 38530002 37060017 37060217 38530206

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU5.

Watch 585 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.