{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.95ae3a62d06e6170a5a2dd4b759952a816325dbc.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 5:59PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.95ae3a62d06e6170a5a2dd4b759952a816325dbc.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":147,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 5:59PM CDT until July 4 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Butler, KS; Elk, KS; Greenwood, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Wichita KS\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T17:59:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T17:59:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T18:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nAt 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of\nSevery, or 12 miles northwest of Howard, moving southeast at 20 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to\nroofs, siding, and trees.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nPiedmont and Beaumont.\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 this storm.\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."}