Bird City, KS Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM
MDT/615 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS
COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND
SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

At 435 PM MDT/535 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles
southeast of Benkelman, moving northeast at 35 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...
Max.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT/1000 PM CDT/ for
northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

TORNADO WATCH 133 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

CHEYENNE              KIT CARSON

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

YUMA

IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

CHEYENNE              DECATUR               GRAHAM
NORTON                RAWLINS               SHERIDAN
SHERMAN               THOMAS

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

GOVE                  LOGAN                 WALLACE

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

DUNDY                 HITCHCOCK             RED WILLOW

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARAPAHOE, ATWOOD, BENKELMAN,
BIRD CITY, BURLINGTON, CHEYENNE WELLS, COLBY, CULBERTSON,
GOODLAND, GRAINFIELD, GRINNELL, HILL CITY, HOXIE, MCCOOK, NORTON,
OAKLEY, OBERLIN, PALISADE, QUINTER, SHARON SPRINGS, ST. FRANCIS,
STRATTON NE, TRENTON, WRAY, AND YUMA.