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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Sun 05/18/2025 06:28 PM EDT

End Time

Sun 05/18/2025 07:30 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

6 mi SW of Ellsworth, KS

Storm Motion

Moving N at 64 mph

Impacts

High impact

Thunderstorm damage threatconsiderable
Hail threatobserved
Max hail size2.00 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust<50 mph

Locations Affected

Vesper, KS ∙ Beverly, KS ∙ Denmark, KS ∙ Westfall, KS ∙ Barnard, KS ∙ Ash Grove, KS ∙ Kanopolis, KS ∙ Lincoln, KS ∙ Sylvan Grove, KS ∙ Ellsworth, KS

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 528 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lincoln County in central Kansas... Northern Ellsworth County in central Kansas... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 528 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth, moving north at 65 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Beverly, Barnard, Ash Grove, Westfall, Ellsworth Airport, and Wilson State Park. This includes Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 205 and 230. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3922 9793 3907 9793 3870 9810 3871 9849 3922 9849 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 186DEG 56KT 3874 9833 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH