Weather Alerts For Leon, KS

Watch county notification for watch 93 National Weather Service Wichita KS 237 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Kansas Western Missouri Central Oklahoma Western North Texas * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify through the afternoon along a cold front from western Oklahoma into eastern Kansas. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be possible with this activity. A tornado or two is also possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles southwest of Wichita Falls TX to 55 miles northeast of Kansas City MO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 92... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 25030.

Closest strike: 0.22 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS SUMMARY Thunderstorms are expected to evolve into an extensive line this evening from Iowa to Oklahoma and northwest Texas, with the primary threats of large hail and damaging winds. A few tornadoes are also possible in any supercells that can form ahead of the line over parts of Iowa, Missouri, and central Illinois. 20z update KS, MO IA and IL Scattered thunderstorm development was ongoing this afternoon ahead of a weak surface low an associated cold front over the MO Valley. To the east, a broad and unstable warm sector exists south of a quasi-stationary front extending into eastern MO and IL. Moderate buoyancy and deep-layer shear will support a mix of supercells. Damaging winds and hail remain the most likely near the cold front as it moves eastward with a linear storm modes. A few tornadoes are also possible with more discrete cells and backed surface winds along the warm front farther east. The primary update to the forecast was to remove thunder and severe probabilities behind the cold front, otherwise the severe risk remains as is. Southern KS, OK and into TX Scattered to numerous thunderstorms remain likely this afternoon and evening along the advancing cold front from southern KS, across much of OK and ahead of a dryline into west-central TX. South of the primary upper trough and stronger flow aloft, overall forcing will be weaker. Still, forecast soundings and observation trends show moderate destabilization and sufficient deep-layer shear for supercells and organized clusters/line segments. Hail (some 2+ in) is possible with initial supercells before upscale growth is expected to take place with the surging cold front. A locally more favorable zone for large hail, damaging gusts and a tornado or two may develop across parts of central and southern OK if semi discrete supercells or stronger bowing structures can become organized/maintained this afternoon/evening. OH Valley A moist and unstable air mass will support scattered thunderstorms across the OH valley this afternoon. Isolated damaging gusts are possible with multi-cell storms/clusters amid modest vertical shear. Storms should weaken this evening with the loss of diurnal heating.

Pollen Index: 10.2 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Elm, Cedar/Juniper and Maple. The amount of pollen in the air for Saturday will not change appreciably and will remain in the very high range. This lack of change in airborne pollen will continue to affect those who suffer from allergies and those who live with the allergy sufferers.