SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
KSZ094-095-098-099-312230-
CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-WILSON KS-MONTGOMERY KS-
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LONGTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HOWARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONGTON...ELK CITY...ELK FALLS AND BUXTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR
MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.
