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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

KSZ032-160145-
RUSSELL-
740 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RUSSELL COUNTY...

AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLAINVILLE...OR 23 MILES
NORTH OF HAYS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS 
THUNDERSTORM, ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST RUSSELL COUNTY. THE 
EASTWARD PROGRESS OF THE THUNDERSTORM HAS DECREASED. THEREFORE, THE 
CHANCES FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST RUSSELL 
COUNTY, ARE INCREASING.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER 
SITUATION CLOSELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF 
THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF 
SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

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