UPDATE:
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Dickinson County in central Kansas... Southeastern Geary County in east central Kansas... Morris County in east central Kansas... * Until 430 PM CDT. *
At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of Burdick, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. *
Locations impacted include... Herington, Council Grove, White City, Dwight, Wilsey, Parkerville, Latimer, Council Grove Lake, and Burdick.
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The National Weather Service said that thunderstorms will develop along a cold front as it moves southeast across the area today.
● The potential hazards with the storms include damaging winds, a few tornadoes, and hail.
● Storms will occur throughout the morning across north-central KS before moving east during the afternoon, and are expected to exit east central KS by 10-11 pm. The greatest severe threat is expected to be between 4 and 10 pm over northeast and east central KS.
Confidence in thunderstorms is high today. Damaging winds are the most likely hazard. But there may be enough ingredients for a strong tornado or two. The risk for tornadoes is a low probability / high impact setup in that it’s not ideal, but there are enough ingredients to be on alert.
● The tornado threat, particularly for any strong tornado, will be highest with any discrete or embedded supercells.
○ The main uncertainty with this is if the cold front will help reduce this potential by undercutting storms
● A brief tornado or two will also be possible within the larger scale line of storms, but at a lower potential than with any supercell.
The National Weather Service provided more storm forecast information for Wednesday.
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Today and tonight.
Severe thunderstorms are possible mainly late this afternoon through this evening. Large hail, damaging wind, and a few tornadoes are all possible.
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The National Weather Service has issued a prediction for severe weather on Wednesday.
You can expect windy conditions with gusts around 50 mph Tuesday night as well.
For Wednesday thunderstorms will develop along a cold front as it moves southeast across the area. The severe weather threat continues to increase, with damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes all possible.
The severe threat will generally last from 1-10 PM, peaking at 5-9 pm in northeast and east-central Ks..