Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 21 at 1:34AM CDT until June 21 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 20, 2026 - 11:34pm
Expires:
June 21, 2026 - 12:15am
Description:
At 133 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Elbing to near Potwin to near Towanda to near Augusta
to near Rose Hill, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported gusts up to 70 mph around
Wichita when the storm moved through.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
El Dorado, Andover, Augusta, Rose Hill, Eureka, Douglass, Towanda,
Benton, Whitewater, Leon, Potwin, Elbing, Burns, Latham, Rosalia,
Cassoday, Matfield Green, Eureka City Lake, Santa Fe Lake, and
Thrall.
This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 54 and 106.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Butler, KS; Chase, KS; Elk, KS; Greenwood, KS; Sedgwick, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Wichita KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov