WWUS53 KICT 190214
SVSICT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
914 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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Reno KS-Sedgwick KS-Harvey KS-Kingman KS-Sumner KS-
914 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENO...WESTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHWESTERN HARVEY...
EASTERN KINGMAN AND NORTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTIES...

At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cheney, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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.

Locations impacted include...
Wichita, Goddard, Maize, Clearwater, Cheney, Halstead, Colwich,
Garden Plain, Mount Hope, Andale, Bentley, Norwich, Viola, West
Wichita, Eisenhower National Airport, Murdock, Waterloo, Spivey,
Cleveland, and Cheney Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Kansas.

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

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LAT...LON 3739 9781 3739 9833 3783 9782 3807 9745
      3743 9742 3738 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 262DEG 26KT 3761 9777 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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KAUFMAN