Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
348 WWUS53 KICT 160955 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 455 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 KSC053-105-161015- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-240716T1015Z/ Lincoln KS-Ellsworth KS- 455 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES... At 455 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Beverly, or 7 miles east of Lincoln, moving east at 50 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... Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly, Barnard, Ash Grove, and Westfall. 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 3922 9793 3872 9793 3888 9848 3922 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 261DEG 42KT 3901 9802 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ KLEINSASSER