Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 19:07

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 9:07PM CDT until May 17 at 9:30PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 7:07pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 7:30pm
Description: 
At 907 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Loretta to 7 miles southeast of Bazine, moving northwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... La Crosse, Alexander, Nekoma, Loretta, Hargrave and Pfeifer.
Instruction: 
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central, central, southwestern and west central Kansas. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Ness, KS; Pawnee, KS; Rush, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Dodge City KS