{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.6ff4fc4ac94ef028b7286e4b2c3e25343278610c.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:01PM CDT until July 4 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6ff4fc4ac94ef028b7286e4b2c3e25343278610c.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wichita KS"},"word_count":162,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 6:01PM CDT until July 4 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Cowley, KS; Sumner, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Wichita KS\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T18:01:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T18:01:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T18:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 601 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from near Dexter to near Hardy to Newkirk, moving southeast\nat 35 mph.\n\nHAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Trained weather spotters.\n\nIMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable\ntree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,\nroofs, and outbuildings.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nArkansas City, Winfield, Dexter, Geuda Springs, Maple City, and\nStrother Field Airport.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nContinuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.\nMove indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading\nkillers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to\nbe struck by lightning."}