Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 22:06

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 12:06AM CDT until May 18 at 12:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 10:06pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 10:30pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Dickinson County in central Kansas... Southeastern Ottawa County in north central Kansas... * Until 1230 AM CDT. * At 1206 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Talmage, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Abilene, Chapman, Enterprise, Manchester, Moonlight, and Talmage. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 289.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Dickinson, KS; Ottawa, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov