Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 00:32

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 2:32AM CDT until April 27 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 12:32am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 1:00am
Description: 
At 232 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willard, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported 70 mph winds 3 miles W of Dover around 220am. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Topeka, Rossville, Tecumseh, Dover, Silver Lake, Auburn, Hoyt, Maple Hill, Delia, Willard, Pauline, Grantville, Potawatomi Reservation, and Berryton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 341 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 163 and 195.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Douglas, KS; Jackson, KS; Jefferson, KS; Osage, KS; Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov