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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
116 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.
* AT 116 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON TO NEAR NORTHEAST WICHITA TO
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE TO NEAR HAYSVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH IN
MAIZE AT 12:58 AM.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL DORADO, ANDOVER, AUGUSTA, ROSE HILL, EUREKA, DOUGLASS, TOWANDA,
BENTON, WHITEWATER, LEON, POTWIN, ELBING, BURNS, LATHAM, ROSALIA,
CASSODAY, MATFIELD GREEN, EUREKA CITY LAKE, SANTA FE LAKE, AND
THRALL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 106.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3761 9717 3806 9715 3809 9700 3809 9684
3812 9684 3819 9640 3786 9622 3748 9651
3748 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 262DEG 41KT 3796 9733 3778 9720 3762 9723 3749
9734
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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