Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
630 WWUS53 KGLD 200148 SVSGLD Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 848 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 KSC023-153-200200- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-240520T0200Z/ Cheyenne KS-Rawlins KS- 848 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE AND WEST CENTRAL RAWLINS COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS... At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of McDonald, or 19 miles east of St. Francis, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Cheyenne and west central Rawlins Counties in northwestern Kansas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3979 10158 3985 10137 3972 10124 3963 10152 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 329DEG 16KT 3973 10143 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KMK