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Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Wichita, KS

Structured official-source report · Published Sep 20, 3:01 AM UTC · Updated Sep 20, 3:01 AM UTC
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At 1001 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Scott State Lake to 6 miles west of Healy to near Amy, moving east at 55 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... Marienthal and Lydia. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Where it happened

Wichita, KS · 38.524°, -101.392°

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Incident timeline

Sep 20, 3:01 AM UTC · nws

At 1001 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Scott State Lake to 6 miles west of Healy to near Amy, moving east at 55 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... Marienthal and Lydia. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Sep 20, 2:49 AM UTC · nws

At 948 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles west of Scott State Lake to 6 miles north of Scott City to 5 miles southwest of Grigston, moving east at 55 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... Leoti, Lydia, Selkirk, and Marienthal. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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