Significant Weather Advisory for MG County extended to 11:45 PM with possible penny sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1048 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
LABETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1046 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLONY...TO CHANUTE...TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
CHERRYVALE...TO COFFEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARSONS...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...CHANUTE...IOLA...NEODESHA...
FREDONIA...CHERRYVALE...CANEY...HUMBOLDT...OSWEGO...YATES CENTER...
ERIE...CHETOPA...ALTAMONT...ST. PAUL...LA HARPE...GAS...MORAN AND
THAYER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SQUALL LINE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3701 9593 3736 9585 3804 9577 3804 9508
3739 9509 3738 9508 3700 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 221DEG 41KT 3801 9538 3767 9548 3734 9558 3706
9565
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
KLEINSASSER
MRI 7006407 IN: NLI1 15449 AT 22:48 16MAY15
OUT: INDPD002A 97 AT 22:48 16
Address/Location
City of Independence, Kansas
120 N 6th St
Independence, KS 67301
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-332-2506