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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 670 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS DICKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS GEARY LYON MORRIS SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CLAY OTTAWA IN NORTHEAST KANSAS JACKSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, ALMA, ALTA VISTA, BENNINGTON, BLUE RAPIDS, CLAY CENTER, COUNCIL GROVE, EMPORIA, ESKRIDGE, FRANKFORT, HARVEYVILLE, HERINGTON, HOLTON, JUNCTION CITY, MANHATTAN, MAPLE HILL, MARYSVILLE, MCFARLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, PAXICO, SABETHA, SENECA, ST. MARYS, TOPEKA, AND WAMEGO.
Where it happened
Clay, KS; Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Jackson, KS; Lyon, KS; Marshall, KS; Morris, KS; Nemaha, KS; Ottawa, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS; Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
- areas
- Clay, KS; Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Jackson, KS; Lyon, KS; Marshall, KS; Morris, KS; Nemaha, KS; Ottawa, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS; Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 670 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS DICKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS GEARY LYON MORRIS SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CLAY OTTAWA IN NORTHEAST KANSAS JACKSON MARSHALL NEMAHA POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, ALMA, ALTA VISTA, BENNINGTON, BLUE RAPIDS, CLAY CENTER, COUNCIL GROVE, EMPORIA, ESKRIDGE, FRANKFORT, HARVEYVILLE, HERINGTON, HOLTON, JUNCTION CITY, MANHATTAN, MAPLE HILL, MARYSVILLE, MCFARLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, PAXICO, SABETHA, SENECA, ST. MARYS, TOPEKA, AND WAMEGO.