Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
292 WUUS53 KICT 192346 SVRICT KSC009-053-159-167-200045- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0126.240519T2346Z-240520T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 646 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Rice County in central Kansas... Ellsworth County in central Kansas... Southern Russell County in central Kansas... Barton County in central Kansas... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 646 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Milberger to near Olmitz to near Pawnee Rock, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Great Bend, Lyons, Ellsworth, Hoisington, Sterling, Ellinwood, Wilson, Claflin, Kanopolis, Little River, Chase, Holyrood, Bushton, Geneseo, Pawnee Rock, Dorrance, Albert, Alden, Lorraine, and Olmitz. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3887 9903 3887 9794 3818 9792 3817 9846 3817 9847 3827 9848 3826 9902 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 247DEG 33KT 3875 9891 3849 9886 3823 9892 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ LAWSON