


Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
809 WWUS53 KICT 170708 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 208 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 KSC009-053-105-159-167-169-170745- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-250617T0745Z/ Lincoln KS-Rice KS-Ellsworth KS-Russell KS-Barton KS-Saline KS- 208 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN RICE...ELLSWORTH...SOUTHERN RUSSELL...BARTON AND SALINE COUNTIES... At 208 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Tescott to 6 miles south of Milberger, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Salina, Great Bend, Ellsworth, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Wilson, Claflin, Kanopolis, Chase, Holyrood, Assaria, Gypsum, Bushton, Geneseo, Brookville, Pawnee Rock, Smolan, Dorrance, Albert, and Lorraine. This includes the following highways... Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 78 and 95. Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 197 and 266. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3871 9904 3897 9833 3896 9793 3896 9737 3862 9737 3861 9792 3852 9792 3826 9847 3826 9903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 318DEG 29KT 3897 9791 3863 9895 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ CUELLAR