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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Topeka KS
633 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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633 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DICKINSON...GEARY...SOUTHEASTERN RILEY...
NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...NORTHERN WABAUNSEE AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...

At 632 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. George,
moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported 60-70 mph winds west of 
         the Manhattan airport at 622 PM.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Alma, Westmoreland, St. Marys,
Ogden, Grandview Plaza, Onaga, St. George, McFarland, Paxico,
Olsburg, Belvue, Emmett, Louisville, Woodbine, Havensville, Keats,
and Tuttle Creek Lake.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 292 and 337.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central,
northeastern and east central Kansas. A Tornado Watch also remains in
effect until 100 AM CDT for east central Kansas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 9603 3910 9605 3899 9620 3877 9687
      3879 9705 3943 9665 3955 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 249DEG 33KT 3920 9648 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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Griesemer