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WWUS53 KICT 210634
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
134 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026
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ELK KS-SEDGWICK KS-CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-GREENWOOD KS-
134 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ELK...EAST CENTRAL SEDGWICK...SOUTHERN CHASE...
BUTLER AND WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 133 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELBING TO NEAR POTWIN TO NEAR TOWANDA TO NEAR AUGUSTA
TO NEAR ROSE HILL, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AROUND
WICHITA WHEN THE STORM MOVED THROUGH.
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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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 0633Z 265DEG 45KT 3803 9712 3790 9697 3776 9694 3763
9698 3751 9714
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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