Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 9:19PM CDT until June 8 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2026 - 7:19pm
Expires:
June 8, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
At 919 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near New Cambria to near Marquette to near Claflin,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Salina Airport at
913 PM.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Salina, Lindsborg, Kanopolis, Marquette, Little River, Holyrood,
Assaria, Gypsum, Bushton, Geneseo, Brookville, Smolan, Lorraine, New
Cambria, Falun, Frederick, Salina Airport, Bridgeport, Kanopolis
Lake, and Kanopolis State Park.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 72 and 95.
Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 243 and 266.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Ellsworth, KS; McPherson, KS; Rice, KS; Saline, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Wichita KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov