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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Decatur, KS; Rawlins, KS

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Decatur, Rawlins
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What is happening

At 1059 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of Herndon, or 11 miles west of Oberlin, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Multiple public reports of golf ball size hail in and around McCook between 1000 and 1015 pm CDT. IMPACT...People and animals...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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Bulletin details

At 1059 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of Herndon, or 11 miles west of Oberlin, moving south at 20 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Multiple public reports of golf ball size hail in and around McCook between 1000 and 1015 pm CDT. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Rawlins and northwestern Decatur Counties, including the following locations... Kanona, Traer, and Cedar Bluffs.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

7 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 11:00PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 10:44PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  3. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 10:34PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  4. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 10:25PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  5. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 10:17PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  6. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 10:10PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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  7. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 9:57PM CDT until August 20 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Goodland KS. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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