7:45 p.m.  According to the Midwest Energy outage viewer, there are also several rural outages northeast of Hays.

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Electricity is out from the the Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex on the west side of Hays west to Ellis.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 8PM CDT FRI
AT 726 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCRACKEN… MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD… UP TO TWO INCH 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… HAYS… ELLIS… LA CROSSE… VICTORIA… WALKER… CATHERINE… OTIS… BISON… SCHOENCHEN… MCCRACKEN… OGALLAH… LIEBENTHAL… RIGA… YOCEMENTO… MUNJOR… CEDAR BLUFF… TOULON… ANTONINO… LORETTA AND EMMERAM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

KSZ030-031-044>046-180100-
ELLIS KS-RUSH KS-NESS KS-TREGO KS-LANE KS-
709 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RUSH…NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE…
SOUTHERN TREGO…SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS…NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NESS
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT…

AT 708 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA CROSSE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANSOM
TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENDENNIS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…BAZINE…RANSOM…BISON…SCHOENCHEN…
MCCRACKEN…RUSH CENTER…UTICA…LIEBENTHAL…TIMKEN…ALEXANDER…
BROWNELL…CEDAR BLUFF…ARNOLD…SHAFFER…ANTONINO…LORETTA…
PENDENNIS AND NEKOMA.