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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1243 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

KSZ052-053-069-070-080645-
Butler KS-Greenwood KS-Marion KS-Chase KS-
1243 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CHASE...NORTHEASTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM CDT...

At 1243 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm near Burns, or 12 miles southeast of Florence, moving
east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Eureka, Cottonwood Falls, Madison, Strong City, Florence, Hamilton,
Burns, Cassoday, Bazaar, Virgil, Elmdale, Matfield Green, Cedar
Point, Eureka City Lake, Hymer, Eureka Airport, Thrall, Wonsevu,
Tallgrass Prairie, and El Dorado Lake.

This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 76 and 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

If on or near El Dorado Lake, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 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.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
central and east central Kansas.

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LAT...LON 3852 9636 3817 9636 3817 9596 3775 9596
      3788 9692 3820 9699 3852 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 276DEG 48KT 3809 9682

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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METZGER