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At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneseo, or 12 miles northeast of Lyons, moving northeast at 25 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... Geneseo, Kanopolis Lake, and Kanopolis State Park. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Ellsworth, KS; McPherson, KS; Rice, KS; Saline, KS · 38.516°, -98.018°
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- Severe
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- Immediate
- certainty
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- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Ellsworth, KS; McPherson, KS; Rice, KS; Saline, KS
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At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneseo, or 12 miles northeast of Lyons, moving northeast at 25 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... Geneseo, Kanopolis Lake, and Kanopolis State Park. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern McPherson County in central Kansas... Northeastern Rice County in central Kansas... Southeastern Ellsworth County in central Kansas... Southwestern Saline County in central Kansas... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneseo, or 8 miles northeast of Lyons, moving northeast at 25 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... Geneseo, Kanopolis Lake, and Kanopolis State Park. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.