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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Barton, KS – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Barton, KS
Effective 8/18/2026, 6:43:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/18/2026, 7:30:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 6:43PM CDT until August 18 at 7:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

Details

SVRICT

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Barton County in central Kansas…

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Shaffer, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Great Bend, Hoisington, Pawnee Rock, and Great Bend Airport.

Instructions

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


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.