Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 5:29PM CDT until October 13 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
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At 528 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over eastern Topeka, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Topeka, Tecumseh, Auburn, Perry, Meriden, Lecompton, Clinton, Clinton Lake, Pauline, Berryton, Perry Lake, and Grantville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 352 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 168 and 195. This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Douglas, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-13T17:29:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T17:29:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0250310c5f735a712d259a4de5e09cd1a8a49b4a.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aca846f2c3f347e55ee89f2cfa0b966467bf5a6b.001.1"]
- instruction
- This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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