Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
341 WWUS83 KTOP 260605 SPSTOP Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Topeka KS 105 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 KSZ024-026-039-040-055-056-260645- Shawnee-Jefferson-Douglas-Franklin-Jackson-Osage- 105 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON... SHAWNEE...DOUGLAS...NORTHERN OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM CDT... At 104 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Hoyt to Topeka to near Burlingame. Movement was east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow around objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Topeka, Lawrence, Baldwin City, Carbondale, Oskaloosa, Tecumseh, Eudora, Richland, Auburn, Overbrook, Burlingame, Perry, McLouth, Meriden, Scranton, Hoyt, Ozawkie, Lecompton, Clinton, and Lone Star. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 near mile marker 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 164 and 205. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for northeastern and east central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3873 9506 3872 9591 3902 9580 3930 9579 3932 9518 3897 9519 3896 9517 3898 9516 3897 9513 3897 9511 3895 9509 3898 9508 3899 9506 TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 275DEG 48KT 3923 9572 3902 9572 3877 9582 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ Flanagan