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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Denver CO

513 PM MDT Sun May 18 2025



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Sedgwick CO-

513 PM MDT Sun May 18 2025



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT 

FOR SEDGWICK COUNTY...



At 513 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 6 

miles southeast of Twin Buttes to 7 miles north of Venango, or along 

a line from 19 miles southwest of Chappell to 14 miles south of Big 

Springs, moving north at 30 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...

  Julesburg, Ovid, Sedgwick, Sixteen-Mile Corner and Marks Butte.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure 

and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing 

widespread damaging winds and dangerous hail.



Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Seek 

shelter immediately in an interior room on the lowest floor of a 

well-built structure.



A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT Sunday for a 

portion of northeast Colorado.



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LAT...LON 4075 10205 4075 10265 4100 10265 4100 10205

TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 181DEG 24KT 4077 10268 4078 10237 4077 10202



TORNADO...POSSIBLE

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH



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