***** Update 7:20 p.m. *****

 

The severe thunderstorm watch for southeast Kansas is now canceled.

 

***** Update 6:30 p.m. *****

 

Elk, Greenwood and Woodson Counties have now been removed from the severe thunderstorm watch.

 

***** UPdate 2:20 p.m. *****

 

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch through 9 p.m. for southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.  This includes the following counties in Kansas:

ALLEN                BOURBON             BUTLER
CHAUTAUQUA           CHEROKEE            COWLEY
CRAWFORD             ELK                 GREENWOOD
HARPER               LABETTE             MONTGOMERY
NEOSHO               SUMNER              WILSON
WOODSON

And the following counties in Oklahoma:

ALFALFA              BECKHAM             BLAINE
CADDO                CANADIAN            CARTER
CLEVELAND            COMANCHE            COTTON
CRAIG                CREEK               CUSTER
DEWEY                GARFIELD            GARVIN
GRADY                GRANT               GREER
HARMON               HUGHES              JACKSON
JEFFERSON            KAY                 KINGFISHER
KIOWA                LINCOLN             LOGAN
MAJOR                MAYES               MCCLAIN
MURRAY               NOBLE               NOWATA
OKFUSKEE             OKLAHOMA            OKMULGEE
OSAGE                OTTAWA              PAWNEE
PAYNE                PONTOTOC            POTTAWATOMIE
ROGERS               SEMINOLE            STEPHENS
TILLMAN              TULSA               WAGONER
WASHINGTON           WASHITA             WOODS

***** Original Story *****

 

The four-state area will see a slight risk of severe weather this afternoon after a round of morning thunderstorms. The main severe weather threats will be hail up to the size of ping pong balls and damaging winds up to 70 mph. A limited threat for tornadoes will also exist, mainly late this afternoon and early evening to the west of Highway 75 in northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas.

 

Storms are most likely for the immediate KGGF listening area between 4 and 11 p.m. today. A flood watch is also in effect through tomorrow as an additional 1- 2 inches of rain is possible. KGGF will provide severe weather coverage this afternoon and evening storms develop.