Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/23/2026 17:17

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 23 at 7:17PM CDT until April 23 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 23, 2026 - 5:17pm
Expires: 
April 23, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of Cottonwood Falls, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Olpe, Hartford, and Neosho Rapids. This includes Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 117 and 124.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for east central Kansas.
Area Description: 
Lyon, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov