July 5, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Chautauqua, KS – Saturday, July 4, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Chautauqua, KS
Effective 7/4/2026, 6:55:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/4/2026, 8:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:55PM CDT until July 4 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

Details

SVRICT

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas…

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Cedar Vale, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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…
Sedan, Cedar Vale, Peru, Chautauqua, Elgin, Niotaze, and Hale.

Instructions

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.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.


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