Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 11:14PM CDT until June 9 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2026 - 9:14pm
Expires:
June 8, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description:
At 1114 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Belvue to 7 miles west of Eskridge, moving east
at 35 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...
Topeka, Wamego, Rossville, Alma, St. Marys, Dover, Silver Lake,
Auburn, Hoyt, Maple Hill, McFarland, Paxico, Belvue, Emmett,
Louisville, Delia, Willard, Pauline, Keene, and Berryton.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 between mile markers 323 and 355.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 166 and 183.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Jackson, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Shawnee, KS; Wabaunsee, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Topeka KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov