SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 537 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 KSC053-082245- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-130608T2245Z/ ELLSWORTH KS- 537 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ELLSWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 534 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTFALL TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLSWORTH...KANOPOLIS STATE PARK...ELLSWORTH AIRPORT AND KANOPOLIS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 211 AND 226. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF ON OR NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3886 9839 3887 9793 3878 9793 3861 9793 3860 9845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 259DEG 25KT 3888 9806 3869 9832 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...70MPH $$ KETCHAM
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:40:46 +0000
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