537 WWUS83 KICT 250039 SPSICT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 739 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016 KSZ069-070-093-094-098-250115- CHAUTAUQUA KS-ELK KS-GREENWOOD KS-BUTLER KS-COWLEY KS- 739 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... WESTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LATHAM...TO 7 MILES WEST OF GRENOLA...TO NEAR GRAINOLA... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CEDAR VALE...MOLINE...DEXTER...SEVERY...GRENOLA...CAMBRIDGE... CLIMAX...BEAUMONT AND PIEDMONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUES BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3728 9671 3766 9656 3784 9614 3742 9630 3700 9633 3700 9679 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 242DEG 29KT 3761 9645 3732 9658 3694 9661 $$ KLEINSASSER