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At 454 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Preston, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Iuka and Preston. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Barber, KS; Pratt, KS · 37.563°, -98.820°
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- Severe
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- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Pratt, KS
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At 454 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Preston, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Iuka and Preston. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Pratt, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Pratt, Iuka and Preston. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRDDC The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Barber County in south central Kansas... Central Pratt County in south central Kansas... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Croft, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Coats around 420 PM CDT. Pratt around 430 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Iuka and Preston. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.