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

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820 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SHAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN WABAUNSEE AND
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

At 819 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles northwest of Topeka to 3 miles south of Auburn
to 3 miles south of Burlingame, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...NWS TOP Meteorologist reported 65 mph winds in west Topeka 
         at 718 PM.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Topeka, Rossville, Tecumseh, Richland, Dover, Silver Lake, Auburn,
Meriden, Willard, Pauline, Berryton, and Grantville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 344 and 355.
 Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 160 and 188.

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 3878 9612 3895 9604 3922 9591 3922 9559
      3923 9559 3923 9549 3886 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 247DEG 56KT 3908 9577 3886 9580 3870 9583 

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

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Griesemer