Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
638 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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638 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL GEARY...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY...NORTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE
AND CENTRAL POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

At 638 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Waterville to 4 miles northeast
of Tuttle Creek Lake to 5 miles north of Dwight, moving east at 45
mph.

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

SOURCE...Law enforcement. 635 AM, Law Enforcement reported 70 mph
         wind gusts 1 Mile N of St. George.

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

Locations impacted include...
Manhattan, Wamego, Alma, Westmoreland, St. George, McFarland,
Olsburg, Louisville, and Tuttle Creek Lake.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 307 and 331.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3941 9622 3899 9622 3897 9667 3932 9668
      3941 9674 3950 9630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 261DEG 38KT 3960 9680 3937 9659 3893 9660

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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