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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
754 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 753 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COLBY, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR MINGO AND HALFORD. THIS INCLUDED
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN COLBY AND OAKLEY.
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. WIND GUSTS OF 80-85 MPH HAVE
BEEN RECORDED SOUTH OF COLBY.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE.
EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENLO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
LAT...LON 3922 10108 3936 10107 3942 10066 3920 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 257DEG 24KT 3933 10101
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH
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