iNWS Alert

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Topeka KS
828 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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LAT...LON 3839 9506 3839 9551 3843 9551 3843 9586
3844 9586 3922 9559 3942 9559 3942 9518
3897 9519 3898 9516 3895 9509 3899 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 263DEG 53KT 3935 9534 3894 9559 3842 9588

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH