Alert
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION CO UNTIL 09:45
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 852 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURDICK TO POTWIN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COTTONWOOD FALLS, WHITEWATER, STRONG CITY, FLORENCE, POTWIN, ELBING, BURNS, CASSODAY, BAZAAR, ELMDALE, MATFIELD GREEN, CEDAR POINT, HYMER, WONSEVU, TALLGRASS PRAIRIE, SAFFORDVILLE AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE.
Instructions:
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
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