Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
713 PM CST SAT FEB 20 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ALONG THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA
BORDER...
...DENSE FOG IS CREATING A TRAVEL HAZARD ACROSS SOUTH KANSAS...

SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA.  BY 700 PM...THESE THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO CROSS THE BORDER
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 710 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PRATT...TO 20 MILES EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF WICHITA
...DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER WEST OF COFFEYVILLE... BY 8
PM.

DENSE FOG HAS REDEVELOPED OVER MOST AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...REDUCING VESIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE.

IF YOU MUST DRIVE TONIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING TIME AND SLOW DOWM.  USE
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN FOG.

HEDGESP

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-210230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
735 PM CST SAT FEB 20 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RAKE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 730 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINS
...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUD LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR...
AN SMALL HAIL WERE OBSERVED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF COFFEYVILLE
AND JUST NORTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY.  PERSONS IN BURDEN AND MOUND VALLEY
SHOULD BE READY FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
BY MOVING INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS 65
MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRATT TO NEAR COFFEYVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS IF
THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS._

HYSELL