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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
339 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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Russell KS-
339 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR RUSSELL COUNTY...

At 338 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Russell, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Russell, Lucas, Gorham, Luray, Dorrance, Milberger, Bunker Hill,
Paradise, Waldo, Wilson State Park, Wilson Lake, and Russell Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

If camping at near Wilson, get away from the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3913 9849 3870 9849 3870 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 263DEG 30KT 3893 9884

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

KLEINSASSER