For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 89 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS DICKINSON IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS GEARY LYON MORRIS WABAUNSEE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS CLAY CLOUD OTTAWA REPUBLIC WASHINGTON IN NORTHEAST KANSAS MARSHALL POTTAWATOMIE RILEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, ALMA, ALTA VISTA, BELLEVILLE, BENNINGTON, BLUE RAPIDS, CLAY CENTER, CLIFTON, CONCORDIA, COUNCIL GROVE, EMPORIA, ESKRIDGE, FRANKFORT, GREENLEAF, HANOVER, HARVEYVILLE, HERINGTON, JUNCTION CITY, LINN, MANHATTAN, MAPLE HILL, MARYSVILLE, MCFARLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, PAXICO, ST. MARYS, WAMEGO, AND WASHINGTON.