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WWUS83 KICT 250457
SPSICT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1155 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005

KSZ083-250545-
SEDGWICK-
1155 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005

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

AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR GODDARD...OR 11 MILES WEST OF 
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WICHITA IS IN THE PATH 
OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. IN ADDITION... 
THE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 
FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND 
STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE EXCEPT IN CASES OF EMERGENCY.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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