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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
345 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 344 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SMITH  
CENTER, OR 29 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40  
MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING IN EFFECT FOR  
CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN KANSAS.  
 
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT 3:39 PM GOLFBALL WAS REPORTED IN  
SMITH CENTER.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL  
KANSAS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3974 9875 3982 9892 4000 9878 4000 9832  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 222DEG 35KT 3982 9877  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
BILLINGS WRIGHT  
 
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