Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
742 WWUS53 KICT 080628 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 128 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024 KSC001-207-080715- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-240608T0715Z/ Woodson KS-Allen KS- 128 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR WOODSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES... At 128 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Neosho Falls, or 6 miles northwest of Iola, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Iola, Humboldt, Yates Center, La Harpe, Gas, Moran, Toronto, Neosho Falls, Savonburg, Elsmore, Mildred, Bassett, Batesville, Toronto Lake, Petrolia, Rose, Cross Timbers State Park, Iola Airport, and Piqua. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If on or near Toronto Lake, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3773 9510 3774 9596 3804 9596 3804 9508 3786 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 316DEG 34KT 3798 9549 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ METZGER