Kansas Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/18/2026 17:20

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 7:20PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 5:20pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Nemaha County in northeastern Kansas... Brown County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 800 PM CDT. * At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kickapoo Reservation, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Hiawatha, Sabetha, Horton, Everest, Fairview, Robinson, Morrill, Reserve, Powhattan, Hamlin, Willis, Kickapoo Reservation, and Woodlawn.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern Kansas.
Area Description: 
Brown, KS; Nemaha, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Topeka KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov