Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
023 WWUS83 KICT 272100 SPSICT Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 400 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 KSZ069-083-092-093-272145- Butler KS-Cowley KS-Sumner KS-Sedgwick KS- 400 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN COWLEY... SOUTHEASTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT... At 358 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mulvane, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, Andover, Haysville, Augusta, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Douglass, Belle Plaine, Towanda, Oxford, Udall, Leon, Mcconnell Air Force Base, South Wichita, Rock, Santa Fe Lake, Augusta Municipal Airport, and Oaklawn. This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 26 and 41, and between Mile Markers 50 and 76. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for south central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3723 9719 3749 9746 3793 9690 3775 9664 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 219DEG 53KT 3743 9721 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ METZGER