Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
234 WUUS53 KICT 192000 SVRICT KSC167-192100- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0120.240519T2000Z-240519T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 300 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Russell County in central Kansas... * Until 400 PM CDT. * At 300 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Emmeram, moving northeast 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 2000Z 236DEG 23KT 3897 9917 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