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Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
847 WWUS53 KICT 161043 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 543 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 KSC169-161115- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-240716T1115Z/ Saline KS- 543 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY... At 543 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Solomon, or 9 miles west of Abilene, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Salina and New Cambria. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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. && LAT...LON 3884 9738 3884 9773 3896 9772 3896 9738 TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 267DEG 39KT 3893 9741 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ KLEINSASSER