Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 8:28PM CDT until May 18 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 6:28pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 7:15pm
Description:
SVRTOP
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Franklin County in east central Kansas...
Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas...
Eastern Shawnee County in east central Kansas...
Douglas County in east central Kansas...
Osage County in east central Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 828 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles northwest of Winchester to near Berryton to
near Lebo, moving east at 60 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...
Eastern Topeka, Lawrence, Ottawa, Baldwin City, Carbondale, Valley
Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Eudora, Richland, Wellsville,
Overbrook, Lyndon, Centropolis, Perry, McLouth, Pomona, Meriden,
Scranton, and Ozawkie.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 156 and 198.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 179 and 205.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for northeastern
and east central Kansas.
Area Description:
Douglas, KS; Franklin, KS; Jefferson, KS; Osage, KS; Shawnee, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Topeka KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov