Marion County, KS Emergency Management

08/31/2015

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL DROP DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN
VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

08/30/2015

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGH 8 AM... WITH CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY 10 AM.

* IMPACTS...AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAT ONE QUARTER MILE ARE LIKELY. THE DENSE FOG IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND 56...I-70 AND I-135 BETWEEN NEWTON AND SALINA. ABRUPT CHANGES IN
VISIBILITIES ARE ALSO LIKELY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

08/30/2015

Include your pets in your family emergency plan. If officials ask you to evacuate do not leave your pets behind. Make a plan: www.ready.gov/animals

08/30/2015

24 hour rainfall ending at 7 am Saturday Aug 29th.

08/23/2015

In any emergency a family member or you yourself may suffer an injury. If you have these basic first aid supplies you are better prepared to help your loved ones when they are hurt.

08/23/2015

08/23/2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1148 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNDRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...HESSTON...HALSTEAD...NORTH NEWTON...MOUNDRIDGE...
PEABODY...GOESSEL...WALTON AND NEWTON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

08/23/2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HARVEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1111 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CANTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
MCPHERSON...HESSTON...HILLSBORO...MARION...MOUNDRIDGE...INMAN...
GALVA...CANTON...GOESSEL...LINCOLNVILLE...LEHIGH...DURHAM...
TAMPA...MCPHERSON AIRPORT...MARION LAKE...PILSEN AND ROXBURY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

08/23/2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF LINDSBORG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

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...
MCPHERSON...LINDSBORG...HILLSBORO...MOUNDRIDGE...GALVA...CANTON...
MARQUETTE...GOESSEL...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...LINCOLNVILLE...RAMONA...
LEHIGH...DURHAM...TAMPA...LOST SPRINGS...MCPHERSON AIRPORT...
BRIDGEPORT...MARION LAKE AND PILSEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

08/23/2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1009 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALINA...MCPHERSON...LINDSBORG...ASSARIA...GYPSUM...BROOKVILLE... SMOLAN...NEW AMBRIA...FALUN...KIPP...BRIDGEPORT...SALINA AIRPORT
AND ROXBURY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 95.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

08/11/2015

The cooler and drier weather will continue for Wednesday. High temperatures will be in the middle 80s. There is an isolated storm chance over portions of Central Kansas late tonight or early Wednesday morning.