HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Todd Stain with Reno County Emergency Management indicated that his office had a conference call with the National Weather Service Office in Wichita over the potential for severe weather on Wednesday.
And he says severe storms are expected to initiate around 3 p.m. in the afternoon or evening. Developmental of storm will occur in Stafford, Pratt, Reno and Kingman Counties. Hail up to baseballs will be possible and tornadoes will be possible for all locations with a likelihood across portions of Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Butler, and Cowley counties and Strain says mobile homes are especially susceptible to high winds from severe thunderstorms and tornados so you will likely not be safe in a mobile home whether you’re in a hallway a closet or bathroom. That’s because mobile homes can stand up to a tornado and you should make plans before any storms arrive to get to a shelter. Plus do to the short time between a warning and strong winds that people should consider executing their plan when severe weather is issued- Don’t wait! They say that taking cover under a sturdy furniture a bathtub or closet or under a mattress will be meaningless in a mobile home itself is destroyed blown over and rolled down by tornado or severe thunderstorm.
Get out of a mobile home and find more shelter.