THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 253 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS ELLIS RUSH IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BARBER COMANCHE EDWARDS KIOWA PAWNEE PRATT STAFFORD IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS FORD HODGEMAN IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS NESS TREGO THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLDWATER, DODGE CITY, GREENSBURG, HANSTON, HAVILAND, HAYS, JETMORE, KINSLEY, KIOWA, LA CROSSE, LAKE COLDWATER, LARNED, LEWIS, MACKSVILLE, MEDICINE LODGE, NESS CITY, PFEIFER, PRATT, PROTECTION, ST. JOHN, STAFFORD, AND WAKEENEY.