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SVRICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Cowley County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas... * Until 730 PM CDT. * At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Caldwell, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Arkansas City, Winfield, Wellington, Oxford, South Haven, Geuda Springs, Hunnewell, Perth, and Strother Field Airport. This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 1 and 20. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Cowley, KS; Sumner, KS · 37.120°, -97.290°
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Cowley, KS; Sumner, KS
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SVRICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Cowley County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas... * Until 730 PM CDT. * At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Caldwell, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Arkansas City, Winfield, Wellington, Oxford, South Haven, Geuda Springs, Hunnewell, Perth, and Strother Field Airport. This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 1 and 20. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.