Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 13 at 5:52PM CDT until October 13 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
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SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... Eastern Shawnee County in east central Kansas... Northwestern Douglas County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Jackson County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of Perry Lake, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Topeka, northern Lawrence, Valley Falls, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Winchester, Pauline, Williamstown, Perry Lake, and Grantville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 between mile markers 353 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 172 and 205. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- KS, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Douglas, KS; Jackson, KS; Jefferson, KS; Shawnee, KS
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-13T17:52:00-05:00
- states
- ["KS"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T17:52:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.18b2fb079fb94700d6c23276a05f944112c9b8ec.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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