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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Wed 08/14/2024 11:56 PM EDT

End Time

Thu 08/15/2024 12:30 AM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

3 mi N of Big Springs, KS

Storm Motion

Moving E at 41 mph

Impacts

High impact

Thunderstorm damage threatconsiderable
Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size<.75 in
Wind threatobserved
Max wind gust70 mph

Locations Affected

Nortonville, KS ∙ McLouth, KS ∙ Perry Lake, KS ∙ Oskaloosa, KS ∙ Ozawkie, KS ∙ Williamstown, KS ∙ Grantville, KS ∙ Lecompton, KS ∙ Winchester, KS ∙ Perry, KS

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Topeka KS 1056 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2024 The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... Northwestern Douglas County in east central Kansas... * Until 1130 PM CDT. * At 1054 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles east of Nortonville to 3 miles northwest of Oskaloosa to 3 miles east of Grantville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 1048 PM, trained spotters reported 60 mph winds 2 SE of Meriden. Large tree limbs have also been reported down at Clark Road and US 24 Hwy. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Oskaloosa, Perry, McLouth, Ozawkie, Nortonville, Lecompton, Winchester, Williamstown, Perry Lake, and Grantville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3902 9519 3904 9550 3907 9551 3907 9555 3905 9558 3906 9559 3906 9560 3942 9534 3942 9518 TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 266DEG 36KT 3942 9523 3924 9536 3906 9549 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH