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At 816 PM MDT/916 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of Leoti, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile east of Selkirk. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Leoti, Lydia, Selkirk, and Marienthal. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm is producing accumulating hail, which will make driving hazardous, similar to snow or ice. If you must travel, be aware of rapidly changing road conditions. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Where it happened
Greeley, KS; Logan, KS; Wallace, KS; Wichita, KS · 38.528°, -101.557°
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Greeley, KS; Wichita, KS
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At 816 PM MDT/916 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of Leoti, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile east of Selkirk. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Leoti, Lydia, Selkirk, and Marienthal. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm is producing accumulating hail, which will make driving hazardous, similar to snow or ice. If you must travel, be aware of rapidly changing road conditions. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wichita County in west central Kansas... Southeastern Wallace County in west central Kansas... Southwestern Logan County in west central Kansas... Eastern Greeley County in west central Kansas... * Until 830 PM MDT/930 PM CDT/. * At 721 PM MDT/821 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of Sharon Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of Wichita, southeastern Wallace, southwestern Logan and eastern Greeley Counties, including the following locations... Marienthal, Lydia, and Selkirk. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm is producing accumulating hail, which will make driving hazardous, similar to snow or ice. If you must travel, be aware of rapidly changing road conditions. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.