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

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857 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR FRANKLIN...EASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN SHAWNEE...DOUGLAS AND
OSAGE COUNTIES...

At 857 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Lewis and Clark Village to near
Linwood to 4 miles west of Princeton, 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...
Lawrence, Ottawa, Baldwin City, Carbondale, Oskaloosa, Eudora,
Richland, Wellsville, Overbrook, Lyndon, Centropolis, Perry, McLouth,
Pomona, Scranton, Lecompton, Clinton, Winchester, Richmond, and
Williamsburg.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 156 and 198.
 Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 189 and 205.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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LAT...LON 3839 9506 3839 9551 3843 9551 3843 9586
      3844 9586 3878 9574 3905 9548 3942 9527
      3942 9518 3897 9519 3898 9516 3895 9509
      3899 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 262DEG 53KT 3945 9502 3899 9506 3847 9535 

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

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Flanagan