Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
862 WWUS53 KICT 192019 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 319 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 KSC167-192100- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-240519T2100Z/ Russell KS- 319 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY... At 319 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Gorham, or 7 miles east of Emmeram, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Russell, Gorham, Luray, Bunker Hill, Paradise, Waldo, Russell Airport, and Wilson Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9857 3882 9864 3880 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 254DEG 24KT 3898 9900 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ LAWSON