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At 556 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Abilene to 8 miles southwest of Enterprise to 5 miles southeast of Carlton, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Automated Weather Station. At 5:52 PM, the Abilene Airport measured a 60 MPH wind gust. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Abilene, Herington, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope, Woodbine, Carlton, and Moonlight. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Dickinson, KS · 38.898°, -97.195°
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
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- Dickinson, KS
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At 556 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Abilene to 8 miles southwest of Enterprise to 5 miles southeast of Carlton, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Automated Weather Station. At 5:52 PM, the Abilene Airport measured a 60 MPH wind gust. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Abilene, Herington, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope, Woodbine, Carlton, and Moonlight. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Dickinson County in central Kansas... * Until 645 PM CDT. * At 549 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 3 miles northwest of Abilene to 4 miles south of Carlton, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Abilene, Herington, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Hope, Woodbine, Carlton, and Moonlight. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.