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WW 93 SEVERE TSTM KS MO OK TX 031940Z - 040300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 93
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Kansas
Western Missouri
Central Oklahoma
Western North Texas
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify through the afternoon along a
cold front from western Oklahoma into eastern Kansas. Large hail
and damaging wind gusts will be possible with this activity. A
tornado or two is also possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles southwest of
Wichita Falls TX to 55 miles northeast of Kansas City MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 92...
AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.
...Hart
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WW 0094 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 93
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NE CDS TO
25 WNW FSI TO 35 NNW CQB TO 25 E BVO TO 30 E CNU TO 5 ESE CDJ.
..CHALMERS..04/04/26
ATTN...WFO...ICT...TOP...EAX...SGF...OUN...TSA...
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 93
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KSC011-021-037-099-040340-
KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD
LABETTE
MOC011-013-015-033-039-041-053-057-083-085-089-097-101-107-119-
145-159-175-185-195-217-040340-
MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARTON BATES BENTON
CARROLL CEDAR CHARITON
COOPER DADE HENRY
HICKORY HOWARD JASPER
JOHNSON LAFAYETTE MCDONALD
NEWTON PETTIS RANDOLPH
ST. CLAIR SALINE VERNON
OKC019-027-031-033-035-037-041-049-051-063-065-067-081-083-085-
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WW 0093 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 93
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NE CDS TO
25 WNW FSI TO 35 NNW CQB TO 25 E BVO TO 30 E CNU TO 5 ESE CDJ.
..CHALMERS..04/04/26
ATTN...WFO...ICT...TOP...EAX...SGF...OUN...TSA...
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 93
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KSC011-021-037-099-040340-
KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD
LABETTE
MOC011-013-015-033-039-041-053-057-083-085-089-097-101-107-119-
145-159-175-185-195-217-040340-
MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARTON BATES BENTON
CARROLL CEDAR CHARITON
COOPER DADE HENRY
HICKORY HOWARD JASPER
JOHNSON LAFAYETTE MCDONALD
NEWTON PETTIS RANDOLPH
ST. CLAIR SALINE VERNON
OKC019-027-031-033-035-037-041-049-051-063-065-067-081-083-085-
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WW 0092 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 92
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 ENE FLV
TO 15 S DSM.
..SQUITIERI..04/04/26
ATTN...WFO...DMX...DVN...LSX...EAX...
STATUS REPORT FOR WT 92
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
ILC001-009-067-071-109-187-040140-
IL
. ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS BROWN HANCOCK
HENDERSON MCDONOUGH WARREN
IAC007-039-051-053-057-087-101-111-117-135-177-179-185-040140-
IA
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
APPANOOSE CLARKE DAVIS
DECATUR DES MOINES HENRY
JEFFERSON LEE LUCAS
MONROE VAN BUREN WAPELLO
WAYNE
MOC001-025-045-049-061-063-079-081-103-111-115-117-121-127-129-
171-197-199-205-211-040140-
MO
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MD 0348 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 93... FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
Mesoscale Discussion 0348
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0831 PM CDT Fri Apr 03 2026
Areas affected...portions of southwestern Oklahoma into southeastern
Kansas and southwestern Missouri
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 93...
Valid 040131Z - 040300Z
The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 93
continues.
SUMMARY...Several discrete/semi-discrete supercells continue to pose
a threat for large/very large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a
tornado or two, with the greatest potential across portions of
central Oklahoma.
DISCUSSION...Discrete/semi-discrete supercells have persisted across
portions of southwestern/central Oklahoma over the past 1-2 hours,
with several instances of 2+ inch hail reported across Kiowa County,
Oklahoma. These storms will continue to pose a threat for large/very
large hail and severe wind gusts across portions of WW93 over the
next couple of hours. The greatest risk for severe, including the
potential for a brief tornado or two, will likely be across portions
of central Oklahoma, where backing surface winds and increasingly
curved low-level hodographs (~200 m2/s2 0-500 m SRH) have been noted
over the past 30-60 minutes per the OUN VWP. Farther northeast,
convection across southeastern Kansas/northeastern Oklahoma,
convection has shown some signs of weakening, but at least some
potential for severe hail continues to linger with more intense
cores.
Upscale growth into a more linear storm mode is still expected along
the cold front with time, which will bring a transition toward
severe wind gusts as the primary threat. It remains uncertain
whether a local extension in time of WW93 or a new Severe
Thunderstorm Watch may be needed to cover the lingering severe risk
this evening and perhaps into the overnight.
..Chalmers.. 04/04/2026
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...
LAT...LON 34719963 34909947 35319869 35889752 36339670 37099597
37629562 38109537 38359504 38299440 37869416 36879434
35919510 34759622 34479746 34379844 34409936 34539958
34719963
MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...65-80 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN
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SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0756 PM CDT Fri Apr 03 2026
Valid 040100Z - 041200Z
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST
TEXAS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AND EAST INTO CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...
...SUMMARY...
Thunderstorms continue to evolve into an extensive line this evening
from Iowa to Oklahoma and northwest Texas. Damaging winds, hail, and
a couple of tornadoes remain possible through the overnight.
... 01Z Update ...
Thunderstorms continue to develop along and ahead of an advancing
cold front this evening. These storms should continue to increase in
number, growing upscale into an extensive linear MCS from Northwest
Texas northeastward into southern Iowa. Despite nocturnal
stabilization of the boundary layer, forcing along the cold front,
MUCAPE between 1000-2000 J/kg, and sufficient vertical shear should
support a continued hail and wind threat into the overnight hours,
especially across the southern portion of this area where updrafts
appear to be more robust than areas farther north. Given the moist
low-levels and a modest uptick in the low-level jet, a couple of
tornadoes may still occur as well.
Additional thunderstorms have developed eastward along the warm
front draped across southern Iowa east across Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania. MUCAPE and vertical shear decrease with
eastward extent along the warm front, organized thunderstorms within
the frontal zone should support an localized hail and wind threat
for a few more hours. A tornado or two could also be realized with
any discrete/semi-discrete cell that can increase its resonance time
in the frontal zone, especially across central Illinois where better
instability and vertical shear exist.
..Marsh.. 04/04/2026
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