Alert
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CST. * AT 310 PM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GYPSUM TO MOUNDRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEWTON, HESSTON, HILLSBORO, HALSTEAD, MARION, NORTH NEWTON, MOUNDRIDGE, SEDGWICK, PEABODY, CANTON, FLORENCE, GOESSEL, WALTON, BURNS, LINCOLNVILLE, RAMONA, LEHIGH, DURHAM, TAMPA AND LOST SPRINGS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 49. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
Instructions:
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
Address/Location
Marion County Emergency Management KS
203 S 4th St
Marion, KS 66861
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-382-2144
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning