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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Elk, KS; Greenwood, KS – Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Elk, KS; Greenwood, KS
Effective 8/5/2026, 8:47:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/5/2026, 9:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 5 at 8:47PM CDT until August 5 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

Details

SVRICT

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northern Elk County in southeastern Kansas…
Southeastern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas…

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Severy, or 8 miles northwest of Howard, moving east at 25 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…
Severy, Fall River, Piedmont, Fall River Lake, and Fall River State
Park.

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.